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| Franklin, N. | |
| A Supplemental High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) Assessment on the Sumatran Tiger _(Panthera tigris sumatrae)_ in the Serapung Forest Management Unit - Riau, Indonesia | |
| 2005 Full Book | |
In November 2004 the possible presence of Sumatran tiger (_Panthera tigris sumatrae_) was noted by SmartWood during High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) assessments in Asia Pulp and Paper's Serapung Acacia plantation forest management unit (FMU), Riau Province, Indonesia. A moratorium on further logging was temporarily invoked across 3,267 ha of the FMU. Prior to final delineation of HCVF boundaries it was recommended that an intensive study be carried out to confirm the status and distribution of tigers within the concession, assess their contribution to viability of the tiger population in the wider Siak- Kampar peat swamp forest landscape, and provide HCVF delineation and management recommendations where appropriate. The Sumatran tiger is critically endangered according to the IUCN and as Appendix I by CITES. As such the Indonesian HCVF Toolkit recognises the Sumatran tiger as a High Conservation Value under HCV1.2. In the wild population status is estimated at 500 individuals but rapidly declining due to loss and fragmentation of habitat, poaching, illegal trade in tiger-derived products, reduced abundance of prey species and increasing conflict with humans. The tiger assessment in Serapung FMU was carried out from January to February 2005 on a cost-sharing, non-profit basis by 14 specialist staff of the Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program. The first draft report of the assessment was submitted to Asia Pulp and Paper on the 22nd February 2005 |
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