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| Save the Tiger Fund's Campaign against Tiger Trafficking - and evaluation of impact for the performance period of September, 2005 - February, 2008 | |
| 2008 Full Book | |
In September of 2005, Save The Tiger Fund (STF) of the National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF), with support from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), ExxonMobil Foundation, and the Rufford Foundation, launched the Campaign Against Tiger Trafficking (CATT), an initiative intended to be "the first global partnership initiative to build, inform and support allied efforts by government and non-governmental organizations to stop tiger trafficking" with the long term goal of "eliminate[ing] consumption of tigers and their parts and derivatives to ensure the survival of wild tigers in perpetuity" (STF 2004). Toward this end, CATT has focused primarily on organizing, moderating, and supporting the International Tiger Coalition (ITC), today a group of more than 40 organizations working to eliminate the consumption and use of tiger products; campaigning and networking to encourage China to uphold and make permanent its 1993 domestic ban on trade in tiger products; working with the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) community to discourage the use of tiger products; encouraging the World Bank to engage more heavily in tiger conservation; and gathering and analyzing data on the demand for tiger products in China. To inform thinking regarding CATT's future operations and strategy, CEPF contracted this external evaluation to assess the impact of this 2.5-year-old project on tiger trafficking and conservation. To conduct the evaluation, information gathered via review of key literature and interviews of more than 30 relevant actors, including ITC members, donors, government representatives, and CATT project staff, were consolidated and analyzed to assess how CATT has influenced the landscape of tiger trade and conservation, with particular focus on whether its activities have helped 1) to improve the effectiveness of the community working to stop tiger trafficking; and/or 2) to reduce or avoid an increase in demand for, consumption of, and/or supply of products from wild caught tigers. |
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