Thailand Tiger Action Plan - Global Tiger Initiative

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Activities to Achieve the ObjectivesActivities to achieve the objectives are very important in this action plan toguide the implementation process and evaluation. To ease the use of theaction plan, activities are grouped hierarchically under each of 5 priorityactions and related objectives. Under each objective, key challenges andopportunities are addressed to set the state of the updated situation inwhich activities that follow are deemed important. An expected outcomeand duration and location of the activities are also addressed under eachobjective.Priority <strong>Action</strong> 1: Strengthening direct conservation actionand enforcementObjective 1:Challenge:Promote conservation efforts at the scale of entirepopulations (e.g., forest complex and associatedcorridors)Conservation efforts at the landscape scale are themost important in tiger conservation and recovery, butthe majority of areas still lack of efficiency.Opportunity: Systematic management and enforcement systemsunder the Smart Patrol System inside the core area ofTenasserim - WEFCOM and wildlife crime units outsidethe protected area have become a model for <strong>Thailand</strong> instriving for the recovery of wild tigers.Expected outcome: The real landscape protection cost, actions, andactivities to stop bleeding and to recover wild tigers areunderstood and adopted at the policy level.Duration and locations: 12 years, Tenasserim – WEFCOM as thetiger source site and DP-KY as the potential source site.Activities necessary to accomplish this objective:Activity 1:Activity 2:Activity 3:Strengthen and standardize the “MIST-based SmartPatrol System” in protected areas of current tiger sourceand potential source sites, including Tenasserim –WEFCOM and DP-KY.Increase the number of competent park ranger teamspatrolling in each protected area of priority landscapesup to the level that can effectively secure tigers andtheir prey.Strengthen wildlife crime units and informant networksaround the Tenasserim – WEFCOM and DP-KY tosuppress local demands of wild meat and illegal wildlifetrade and help apprehend wildlife criminals aroundprotected areas.
Activity 4:Activity 5:Activity 6:Work with district attorneys and judges to ensuresubstantial punishments on wildlife crimes against tigersand large ungulates.Overhaul the park ranger system to a higher living andworking standard, and provide rewards and incentivesto encourage patrolling (e.g., patrolling budgets) andother significant morale boosting programs such asperformance-based promotions.Apply landscape-scale ecological and developmentmodels for tiger conservation and engage stakeholdersin development sectors (i.e., roads, oil and gas, mining,power) to minimize and mitigate impacts in sectoralactivities on tiger habitats.Objective 2:Challenge:Provide long-term support for tiger habitat restorationactivitiesMany areas in tiger landscapes and potentiallandscapes are suitable for tiger recovery, but have lowungulate densities due to poaching.Opportunity: Recovery of wild ungulates as tiger prey and habitatmanagement in the tiger source site has started to helprecovery tiger prey and finally tigers.Expected outcome: Habitat is suitable for other wildlife species andnative biodiversity is restored.Duration and locations: 12 years, Tenasserim – WEFCOM as thetiger source site and DP-KY as the potential source site.Activities necessary to accomplish this objective:Activity 7:Activity 8:Activity 9:Activity 10:Activity 11:Activity 12:Promote use of controlled burning in potential andmanageable parts of priority landscapes to maintaingrassland for ungulate recovery.Prevent and suppress fires effectively in evergreenforest areas in priority landscapes to provide good coverand watersheds for tigers and wildlife.Strengthen the reintroduction program of ungulate preywith the ex-situ succeeded species (i.e., sambars, eld’sdeer, hog deer) in suitable habitats.Maintain natural and existing artificial water sources thatbenefit tigers and ungulates especially during droughtperiods in priority landscapes.Establish a system to control invasive species (e.g.,Lantana camera, Mimosa pudica) in priority landscapes.Identify priorities for corridor and habitat restoration.
Page 1: Thailand Tiger Action Plan2010-2022
Page 5 and 6: Tiger conservation has gained a mom
Page 7 and 8: PrefaceAs the Director General of t
Page 9 and 10: Executive SummaryClassified as enda
Page 11 and 12: Abbreviations and AcronymsASEAN-WEN
Page 13 and 14: IntroductionThe tiger, Panthera tig
Page 15 and 16: Why is it Important to Save the Tig
Page 17 and 18: Resource and Environmental Crime Su
Page 19 and 20: Tigers moving through an area usual
Page 21 and 22: Threats to the TigerThe most signif
Page 23 and 24: The Status of Tigers in ThailandTo
Page 25 and 26: Together, these areas can support o
Page 27 and 28: self esteem among park rangers. Tig
Page 29 and 30: VisionBy 2022 tigers have recovered
Page 31: Priority action 3: Strengthening mo
Page 35 and 36: Objective 5:Challenge:Support local
Page 37 and 38: Activity 28: Discourage illegal act
Page 39 and 40: Objective 12: Maintain long-term ti
Page 41 and 42: Objective 16: Ensure that the co-be
Page 43 and 44: Policy Change to Support the Object
Page 45 and 46: Literature CitedCat Specialist Grou
Page 47 and 48: large mammal conservation: The tige
Page 49 and 50: Appendix 1 Actions, Indicators and
Page 51 and 52: 1.2.4 Maintain natural and existing
Page 53 and 54: 1.6.3 Strengthen bi-lateral coopera
Page 55 and 56: 2.1.3 Establish technical andenforc
Page 57 and 58: 4.2 Ensure that basic concepts of t
Page 59 and 60: Appendix 2 Estimation of Tiger Popu
Page 61 and 62: Appendix 3 Encounter Rate of Tiger

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