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| Sillero-Zubiri, C. | |
| Promoting Local Conservationist Networks to Deliver Action across Tiger Landscapes: an Example from Central India | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
The Satpuda forests of central India harbour seven Tiger Reserves connected by forest corridors, the largest block of tiger habitat in India. With the realization that the region offers one of the best prospects for tiger conservation, a handful of local organisations and conservationists have teamed up to establish the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Programme (SLTP). The network of partners helps to coordinate and optimise activities to deliver long-term solutions for the protection of Satpuda tigers. SLTP works by directly protecting wildlife while addressing some of the most urgent needs of the people living close to tigers. This innovative approach operates by restructuring existing projects into a network working across a landscape, funding specific needs and developing better communication between them, government agencies and local communities. While partners retain their identity, good ideas are shared and their implementation expanded accordingly. Dedicated conservationists are rewarded through Conservation Empowerment Bursaries, enabling them to focus all their energy on their conservation work. Some of SLTP early successes include improved gathering of intelligence and conflict data, tiger surveys outside reserves, enforcement and health workshops, as well as a mobile Health Unit and an Education Unit that service local communities across the Satpuda landscape. |
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