News and Publications from WWF Tiger Programme
20 Oct 2008
APP log road challenges pact to save Sumatra
Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing an early test, following revelations that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) had pushed a 45-kilometer, legally questionable logging highway through prime Sumatran tiger habitat.
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15 Oct 2008
Illegal tiger trade a feature of Myanmar markets
Skin and bones, canines and claws from almost 1,200 wild cats were observed in Myanmar’s wildlife markets during 12 surveys undertaken by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network.
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09 Oct 2008
Ministers, governors commit to saving Sumatra
New hope was extended to some of the world's most diverse and endangered forests today as WWF, four Indonesian ministers and ten provincial governors announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra.
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06 Oct 2008
Thai tiger heroes recognized
A naval officer who uncovered six tiger carcasses being illegally exported was among 10 Thai nationals honoured recently by the international environmental conservation community.
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03 Sep 2008
Putin collars Dr Darman’s tiger
The Amur tiger has leapt into the headlines with former Russian president Vladimir Putin shooting a tiger with a tranquillizing gun in Russia’s far east, before tagging the tiger with a collar containing a satellite radio.
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28 Aug 2008
Shot in the arm for Sumatran elephants and tigers
The Indonesian government is to double the size of a national park that is one of the last havens for endangered Sumatran elephants and tigers.
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31 Jul 2008
Flawed U.S. Regulations on Captive Tigers, New Report Shows
Huge gaps in U.S. regulations could make Tigers held in captivity a target for illegal trade, wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC and WWF found in the first-ever report into captive Tiger regulations across the United States.
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31 Jul 2008
Malaysia's first community-based wildlife protection unit established
Jeli - Malaysia. In an initiative to tackle human wildlife conflict, Malaysia’s first community- based wildlife protection unit (WPU) has been established in Jeli district – Kelantan state, an area with one of the highest occurrences of human wildlife conflict in the country.
02 Jul 2008
Poaching gangs blamed for tiger density tumble in Nepal park
A Nepal wildlife reserve that boasted the highest density of tigers in the world is just half a decade later struggling to hold a few remaining tigers.
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09 Jun 2008
Experts welcome World Bank's commitment to tiger conservation
Washington - The 39 member organizations of the International Tiger Coalition (ITC) applaud the World Bank’s announcement today that it will undertake a global joint venture to help reverse the decline in wild tigers — the first-ever species initiative by the Bank. » Read more
