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Equitable sharing of benefits from tiger conservation

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Costs of large predator conservation may not be equitably distributed among stakeholders; these include farming communities, tourism business owners and visitors. Financial redistribution mechanisms based on accrued benefits and...

10th February 2021

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FFI – Building back better

By estherconwayConservation Papers, FFI, News

Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has released a white paper on the Environmental Implications of COVID-19 that suggests we are at a critical fork in the road. One direction may...

15th June 2020

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Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation

By estherconwayConservation Papers

It is too early to evaluate the overall impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity and our ability to protect it, but some preliminary conclusions are possible. At this point,...

27th May 2020

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Road development in Asia: Assessing the range-wide risks to tigers

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Roads are proliferating worldwide at an unprecedented rate, with potentially severe impacts on wildlife. We calculated the extent and potential impacts of road networks across the 1,160,000-km2, 13-country range...

27th May 2020

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map of road building in Sumatra - a remnant forest conservation threat

Development Corridors and Remnant-Forest Conservation in Sumatra

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Road-infrastructure development in Southeast Asia is opening new resource frontiers but also consolidating earlier investments in agriculture and trade, as illustrated by the 2,700-km Trans-Sumatra Highway planned for Sumatra,...

27th November 2019

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Increasing tiger numbers

By estherconwayNews

How are our tigers in Chitwan-Parsa complex? Nepal has managed to nearly double its tiger population in the last ten years – an amazing feat in tiger conservation. However, as...

2nd July 2019

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WildCats strategic direction

By estherconwayNews

This week WildCats hosted Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation (DWF) for a series of meetings with the Zoological Society of London to discuss amongst other things the WildCats strategic direction for the...

27th June 2019

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Transboundary cooperation improves endangered species monitoring

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Transboundary cooperation improves endangered species monitoring and conservation actions: A case study of the global population of Amur leopards Abstract Political borders and natural boundaries of wildlife populations seldom coincide,...

27th May 2019

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Why are wildlife corridors so important for conservation?

By estherconwayBlog

Wildlife corridors are something that we hear about all the time when talking to field conservationists. They are the essential linkage areas which allow animals to move through the increasingly...

30th April 2019

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Himalayan Nature Interim 2018

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/HimalayanNatureHabitatSuitabilityNepalInterimReport18.pdf

12th September 2018

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How we select projects

By estherconwayBlog

Many people ask how we select projects to support, and as we are starting the process for selecting next year’s proposals, Crissie suggested this might be the topic of our...

30th June 2018

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Losing time for the tiger Panthera tigris: delayed action puts a globally threatened species at risk of local extinction

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Meeting global and regional environmental targets is challenging, given the multiplicity of stakeholders and their diverse and often competing policy agendas and objectives. Relatively few studies have sought to...

7th November 2017

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Questioning Global Trends in Tiger Populations

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Reports claim a dramatic 22% increase in wild-tiger Panthera tigris abundance within 5 years (3,200–3,890 individuals; Associated Press 2016). Such significant population increases could potentially change the status of...

1st July 2017

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Mangroves are an important bulkhead against climate change: they afford protection for coastal areas from tidal waves and cyclones, and are among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics....

2nd January 2013

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