WWF's Tiger Initiative aims to put in place the necessary conditions to double the wild tiger population by the next Year of the Tiger in 2022.
WWF & Saving Tigers
Double the number of Tigers in the wild
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L to R: Neel Gogate, WWF Coordinator working on Tiger Conservation and Income Generation projects, with villagers in Baila village near Kanha National Park. India; Anti-poaching brigade in Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, Russia; WWF staff member measuring a tiger track. Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia; Anti poaching staff display a tiger skin, Nepal; WWF-Malaysia staff assessing Tiger habitat adjacent to Palm oil plantations, Malaysia.
At an historic Tiger Summit in November 2010, crucial high level international backing was given to a plan that will help to immediately begin the reverse of declining wild tiger populations.
WWF also committed to spend US$50 million over the next 5 years on tiger conservation, and set a goal of increasing that to US$85 million.
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WWF also committed to spend US$50 million over the next 5 years on tiger conservation, and set a goal of increasing that to US$85 million.
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Tiger Conservation: Why It Will Work
WWF seeks both immediate emergency measures to save the tiger, as well as a long-term foundation for securing the future of this beautiful animal.
Our efforts focus on:
Our efforts focus on:
- Securing emergency funds to halt poaching in the most critical tiger landscapes
- Securing political will and action to double wild tiger numbers
- Protecting tiger habitat at an unprecedented scale, including clamping down hard on the illegal tiger trade.
