Which place will be the first to lose its tigers?

Tiger populations are in such dire straits that there is a neck-and-neck tie to see which will be the next country to lose all its tigers.

Cambodia has a National Tiger Action Plan

Issues

1. Wildlife protection legislation
2. Improved wildlife crime control
3. Capacity-building for crime control
4. Substitution of forest-based livelihoods
5. Public awareness programs
6. Establishment of new Protected Areas (PAs)
7. Hunting management to restore prey-base
8. Controlling land-use change
9. Framework for tiger monitoring
10. PA infrastructure and equipment
11. Capacity-building for PA management

Comment on the outlook for tigers

"The Forestry Administration, Department of Biodiversity and Wildlife has initiated preparation of a [new]Cambodia National Tiger Action Plan. Estimated completion is March 2010. The 1994 Plan is totally out of date and has not been referred to for years."
^{Hunter Weiler of Cambodia Forestry Administration, November 2009}

China has a National Tiger Action Plan

Issues

1. Wildlife protection legislation
2. Strengthening wildlife crime control
3. Capacity-building for detection of trafficking
4. Public awareness programs on tiger trade ban
5. Establishment of forest connectivity
6. Controlling land use change
7. Study of tiger product consumption
8. Improvement in PA infrastructure and management
9. Transboundary cooperation with Russia

Comment on the outlook for Tigers

"China is hugely influential in the eventual outcome for the survival of tigers overall. However, whether or not it can keep a thriving population of wild tigers within its own borders is another question entirely."

Laos does not have a National Tiger Action Plan

Issues

1. Improvement in wildlife crime control
2. Capacity-building for detection of trafficking and trade
3. Ameliorating human-wildlife conflicts
4. Public awareness programs
5. Hunting management to restore tiger prey base
6. Framework for tiger monitoring
7. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
8. Trans-boundary cooperation with Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Vietnam has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improvement in wildlife crime control
2. Amelioration of human-wildlife conflicts
3. Framework for tiger monitoring
4. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
5. Trans-boundary cooperation with Laos and Cambodia
6. Averting threats from development infrastructure
7. Public awareness on tiger trade ban

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Nepal has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improvement in wildlife legislation
2. Improvement in wildlife crime control
3. Strengthening community-based management
4. Amelioration of human-wildlife conflicts
5. Establishment of forest connectivity
6. Livestock management
7. Developing framework for tiger monitoring
8. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
9. Habitat restoration for tigers and prey
10. Trans-boundary cooperation with India
11. Public awareness on tiger trade bans

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Thailand has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improvement in wildlife crime control
2. Substitution of forest-based livelihoods
3. Amelioration of human-wildlife conflicts
4. Public awareness programs
5. Forest fire management
6. Tiger monitoring framework
7. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
8. Tiger translocations
9. Averting threats from development infrastructure
10. Trans-boundary cooperation with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Indonesia has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improvement in wildlife crime control
2. Strengthening wildlife legislation
3. Capacity-building for detection of trafficking
4. Mitigating human-wildlife conflicts
5. Establishment of forest connectivity
6. Framework for tiger-monitoring
7. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
8. Tiger translocations
9. Averting threats from development infrastructure
10. Creating public awareness on tiger trade ban

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Action Status: OK

Russia has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues:

1. Eliminate gaps in institutional mandates
2. Improvement in wildlife crime control
3. Amelioration of human-wildlife conflicts
4. Establishment of new Protected Areas
5. Improvement in logging practices
6. Hunting management to restore prey-base
7. Management of forest fires
8. Averting threats from development infrastructure
9. Substitution of forest-based livelihoods
10. Community-based management

Comment on the outlook for tigers

"Russia has long tried to protect its remaining tigers and has supported anti-poaching teams and enforced laws.

However the massive logging that is now occurring in prime tiger habitat could end up being an even greater threat than the poacher's snare or gun."

Malaysia has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Strengthening wildlife legislation
2. Improvement in wildlife crime control
3. Substitution of forest-based livelihoods
4. Ameliorating human-wildlife conflicts
5. Establishment of forest connectivity
6. Livestock management
7. Controlling land use change
8. Hunting management to restore prey-base
9. Framework for tiger monitoring
10. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
11. Public awareness on tiger trade ban
12. Averting threats from development infrastructure

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

India has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Strengthening wildlife protection legislation
2. Improve wildlife crime control
3. Ameliorating human-wildlife conflicts
4. Relocation of villages from core areas of Protected Areas (PAs)
5. Establishment of forest connectivity
6. PA infrastructure and equipment
7. Augmentation of PA staff
8. Management of forest fires
9. Controlling land use change
10. Habitat restoration for tigers and prey
11. Averting threats from development infrastructure
12. Public awareness of tiger trade bans

Comment on the outlook for tigers

"We are still able to alter the course of these remarkable cats. Their importance in competition terms for the entire Indian ecosytem has huge implications. Currently and thankfully the human population in rural areas remains sparse in terms of humans per sq km therefore it should be the duty of the governing body to emphasise the important relationship which the Indian people share with this top predator."

Bhutan has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improve wildlife protection legislation
2. Enhancement of wildlife crime control
3. Capacity-building for detection of wildlife trade
4. Ameliorating human-wildlife conflicts
5. Livestock management
6. Ecotourism development
7. Framework for tiger-monitoring
8. Capacity-building for habitat management
9. Trans-boundary cooperation with India
10. Averting threats from infrastructural development
11. Public awareness programs

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Bangladesh has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improvement of law enforcement
2. Capacity-building for wildlife crime detection and control
3. Amelioration of human-wildlife conflicts
4. Framework for tiger monitoring
5. Protected Area infrastructure and equipment
6. Capacity-building for habitat management
7. Trans-boundary cooperation with India
8. Dealing with threats from infrastructural development
9. Public awareness programs

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.

Myanmar has a National Tiger Action Plan.

Issues

1. Improvement in wildlife crime control
2. Public awareness programs
3. Establishment of forest connectivity
4. Controlling land use change
5. Developing framework for tiger monitoring
6. Improvement in Protected Area management, infrastructure and equipment
7. Transboundary cooperation with Thailand and India
8. Averting threats from development infrastructure

Comment on the outlook for tigers

No comment to date.