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Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation Summary Report 2001-2003
2004  Full Book

Highlights of the Fund's 2001 - 2003 grant awards (tiger projects only) include: Assessments of tigers in Bangladesh's Sundarban river swamp, Burma's proposed Hukaung Valley Tiger Reserve, Cambodia's Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Indonesia's Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, and certain nature reserves of India's state of Maharashtra, China's Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan and Hubei provinces, and Russia's Khabarovsk Krai; Strengthened law enforcement for tigers at Russia's Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Nature Reserve, Lazovsky State Nature Reserve, a complex of tiger habitats in southwest Primorye Krai, tiger habitats in Khabarovsk Krai and Cambodia's tiger habitats outside nature reserves; Collaborative efforts to conserve the Amur tiger in habitats adjacent to the Russia-China border; A brochure to inform traditional medicine practitioners in the U.S. of the laws conserving rhinos and tigers; Formal courses presented in India on law enforcement and nature reserve management for forest officials of tiger range countries; Environmental education camps for children living adjacent to important tiger habitats in Nepal, an environmental education workshop for teachers working in the vicinity of Russia's Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Nature Reserve and development of a nature museum at that reserve, an environmental education action plan and conference for teachers and conservationists in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai, conservation awareness programs at India's Manas and Satpura national parks, Central Vietnam's tiger corridor, and Thailand's Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary; A standardized survey of Amur tiger prey in the Russian Far East and northeast China.  

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