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| Kawanishi, K.; Seidensticker, J. | |
| Collaboration and Partnerships Are Essential to Sustain Wild Tiger Populations | |
| 2010 Book Chapter | |
In this chapter we describe two collaborations - Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) in Nepal and India, and Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT) in Malaysia - which have been forged and shaped over the past decade by government and non-government stakeholders. These bodies joined together in an effort to sustain and recover priority tiger conservation landscapes, and to build platforms to engage the constituencies needed to recover and sustain wild tigers. These models present different collaborative approaches to conserving tigers in response to differing regional challenges. The vision motivating these collaborations is the same, notwithstanding very different environmental, political, social-cultural contexts, and technological challenges to which each must effectively and efficiently respond. The aim was to stop the killing of wild tigers and enable them to recover and flourish, while empowering local people to live in balance with natural resources and providing tangible resources to them whenever possible. Both collaborations are outcome-driven with a focus on continually improving their efficacy. Both collaborations are inspired by the best science available in their respective biomes on what controls tiger population numbers and what affects the probability of their persistence. The strategic direction for both collaborations is that a sustainable future for people includes keeping live tigers as functional components of ecosystems. |
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