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Tiger encounter

By estherconwayBlog, FFI

In June, a great tiger encounter tale was shared by the Fauna & Flora International (FFI) monitoring team who work alongside the Tiger Protection and Conservation Units (TPCUs) in Kerinci...

26th August 2020

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WCS China report

By estherconwayNews

WCS China report that during the past six months the project has not been significantly affected by the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic despite a delay in nearly a...

7th August 2020

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WCS Russia report

By estherconwayNews

The recent WCS Russia report to WildCats details the work carried out in the past six months monitoring tiger and Amur leopards in southwest Primorye. Luckily, similar to the WCS...

6th August 2020

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Monitoring Amur leopards and tigers

By estherconwayAmur leopard, News

There is positive news from WCS Russia in this report on the monitoring of Amur leopards and tigers across Southwest Primorye in the Russian Far East. WildCats Conservation Alliance (and...

5th May 2020

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ZSL Nepal interim report 2019

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/ZSLNepal-Interim-Report-19edited.pdf

8th October 2019

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Monitoring Amur leopards in LLNP

By estherconwayAmur leopard, News

WCS Russia carried out population monitoring of Amur leopards in the Nezhino and Northern sectors of Land of the Leopard National Park (LLNP) during 2018 and findings have been published...

13th May 2019

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ZSL is monitoring tigers in Nepal across the Chitwan/Parsa Complex, an important landscape for biodiversity containing not just tigers, but rhinos and elephants too. This lowland area along the Nepal border with...

9th May 2019

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ZSL Nepal final report 2018

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/ZSLNepalFinalReport18_forweb.pdf

9th May 2019

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How long do wild Amur tigers live?

By Blog, News

With International Women's Day approaching, WildCats is super grateful to inspirational Wildlife Biologist, Dr Linda Kerley, for taking the time to answer one of our most asked questions; How long...

6th March 2019

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Securing the future for Nepal’s tigers

By estherconwayNews

Last week we received the interim report from the ZSL Nepal team that are using their WildCats grant in the Parsa National Park (PNP) to continue monitoring the tiger population...

23rd August 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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Counting tigers in Nepal

By Blog, News

Now into our third year of funding this exciting work, counting tigers in Nepal, this blog from the field explores the remarkable recovery that wild tigers are making in the...

3rd May 2018

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All-India Tiger Census 2018 to be Hi-Tech, More Accurate and Precise

By estherconwayNews

The All-India Tiger Estimation, 2018 exercise promises not just to be hi-tech, but will also be far more accurate and precise than ever before. Officers from National Tiger Conservation Authority…

30th March 2018

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Counting tiger prey using remote cameras

By estherconwayBlog, UCL/IOZ Tigers & Idu

Sahil Nijhawan PhD, writes about the novel methods of counting animals devised to assist his study of tigers in the remote area of north eastern India. Arunachal Pradesh, India In the...

10th January 2018

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Maintaining tiger connectivity and minimizing extinction into the next century

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Habitat loss is the greatest threat to large carnivores around the world. Maintenance of functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes is important for long-term species persistence. Here, we merge landscape...

10th January 2018

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Living on the edge: Opportunities for Amur tiger recovery in China

By estherconwayConservation Papers, News

Abstract Sporadic sightings of the endangered Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica along the China-Russia border during the late 1990s sparked efforts to expand this subspecies distribution and abundance by restoring...

9th January 2018

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Rapid recovery of tigers Panthera tigris in Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Information on density and abundance of globally threatened species such as tigers Panthera tigris is essential for effective conservation as well as to evaluate the success of conservation programmes....

1st August 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

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Fine-scale population genetic structure of the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in a human-dominated western Terai Arc Landscape, India

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Despite massive global conservation strategies, tiger populations continued to decline until recently, mainly due to habitat loss, human-animal conflicts, and poaching. These factors are known to affect the genetic...

26th April 2017

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A hierarchical model for estimating the spatial distribution and abundance of animals detected by continuous-time recorders

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Motivation Several spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models have been developed to estimate animal abundance by analyzing the detections of individuals in a spatial array of traps. Most of these models...

17th March 2017

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Are corridors good for tigers Panthera tigris but bad for people? An assessment of the Khata corridor in lowland Nepal

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract As part of a landscape-scale programme for conserving tigers Panthera tigris the Khata corridor was established between Bardia National Park in Nepal and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in India in...

28th October 2016

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ZSL Nepal final report 2016

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/ZSLNepal_finalreport_BuildingaTigerStronghold2015-16editedcontent.pdf

6th October 2016

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Ranging, Activity and Habitat Use by Tigers in the Mangrove Forests of the Sundarban

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract The Sundarban of India and Bangladesh (about 6000 km²) are the only mangrove forests inhabited by a sizeable population of tigers. The adjoining area also supports one of the...

6th April 2016

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ZSL Nepal interim report 2015

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/ZSLNepal_interimreport_BuildingaTigerStronghold2015.pdf

6th October 2015

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Modeling tiger population and territory dynamics using an agent-based approach

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Effective conservation planning of globally endangered tigers (Panthera tigris) requires a good understanding of their population dynamics. Territoriality, an essential characteristic of many wildlife species, plays a crucial role...

5th June 2015

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Tiger (Panthera tigris) scent DNA: a valuable conservation tool for individual identification and population monitoring

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Genetic monitoring of tiger source populations is a conservation priority, yet due to low sample sizes and poor DNA quality, scat DNA has failed to produce the powerful studies...

1st June 2015

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