WildCats projects

In the Russian Far East and across the border into China, we will be working again with the Ano Amur/ZSL partnership, WCS and Phoenix Fund. Working in collaboration, these three NGOs cover an extensive area working with Protected Area (PA) staff to:

 

•  monitor Amur leopards and tigers by camera trapping, snow tracking and other methodology to provide robust data on population numbers of Amur leopards, tigers and prey species. 
• Protect the landscape and wildlife by ensuring effective patrolling by park staff using standardised methods, effective data collection and analysis that feeds into PA management strategies.
• Educate and train PA staff, educators, children and young people, communities, veterinarians and other members of society that share the landscape with these vulnerable wild cats.

Indonesia, both FFI and Lingkar Institute:

• maintain pressure on poachers in and around Kerinci Seblat National Park in Sumatra. 
• work with local authorities to mitigate the effects on wildlife and landscapes caused by the growth of rural poor during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FFI

• work with the PA to focus the six Tiger Protection and Conservation Units (TPCUs) on wildlife crime investigations, intelligence-led patrolling and human-wildlife conflict. 

Lingkar Institute

• uses its experience to work with local communities to help recidivists who may be tempted back into wildlife poaching.

Thailand

• Freeland is continuing a large scale monitoring project in Khao Laem, until now a little-studied National Park. This year they plan to start tackling a problem that occurs throughout PAs in Thailand – illegal grazing of cattle by large scale farmers.

Nepal

•  ZSL focus on the extension area of the Parsa National Park and this year aim to improve the habitat for tigers and prey by restoring grasslands and introducing a new waterhole following recommendations from the recent report on the Chitwan-Parsa Complex carrying capacity.