Species
Conservation biology in Thailand
The trade in tigers and their body parts continues to thrive in Asia as the demand from China with its burgeoning economy and demand for exotic wildlife continues.
© WWF-Canon / Adam OSWELL
© WWF-Canon / Adam OSWELL
Wildlife in Thailand is protected by both National and International laws. Unfortunately though, unique species have declined over years through lack of scientific knowledge and illegal poaching and hunting. This has renderded many protected areas “empty forests”.
Conservation practice and collaboration are at early stages of development, even in Thailand with a relatively long history of PA establishment.The conservation status of plants, the ecology of different plant communities, and their role as wildlife habitat, is poorly understood.
The Conservation Biology Unit is saving threatened species and communities of plants and animals through ecological research, training of protected are staff and local people, and field-based conservation projects. Our approach combines ecological research (for example to understand population dynamics, habitat use, and feeding ecology of endangered species) and innovative methods of collaborative management to conserve wildlife and forests.
