Thailand Tiger Action Plan - Global Tiger Initiative

conservation and recovery; and developing large scalefunding opportunities takes a long time to go throughthe government process.Opportunity: If prepared properly and funded, large scale fundingsources can sustain important activities until results ofimpacts are known.Expected outcome: Opportunity for funding is expandedDuration and locations: 12 years, Tenasserim-WEFCOM as the tigersource site and DP-KY Forest Complex as the potentialsource site.Activities necessary to accomplish this objective:Activity 47: Utilize GEF 5 programmatic funding opportunity tosecure additional national funding for tiger landscapeconservation support.Activity 48: Develop full REDD+ funding strategy for the DawnaTenasserim landscape.Objective 19: Develop sustainable funding mechanismsChallenge:Tiger conservation and recovery take a long time beforeresults start to be seen and in many areas fundingsustainability is the key problem that has led to failure.Opportunity: In Thailand the government budget is the mostsustainable mechanism for tiger conservation andrecovery. However, the budget allocation andexpenditure need to be overhauled under goodgovernance, which is transparent and monitorable.Expected outcome: Opportunity for funding is expanded andsustained.Duration and locations: 12 years, Tenasserim-WEFCOM as the tigersource site and DP-KY as the potential source site.Activities necessary to accomplish this objective:Activity 49: Identify potential payment for ecosystem servicesmechanism and develop pilot projects to demonstratetheir values.Activity 50: Establish a trust fund for conservation activities inpriority landscapes.Activity 51: Enhance ecotourism opportunities in and around tigerlandscapes and ensure that revenues flow more directlyto tiger conservation efforts.