Video: Pavel Fomenko has helped catch up to 2,000 poachers in a single year. Guarding the world's largest sub-species of tiger - the Amur tiger - Pavel takes us through what his work entails in protecting the world's foremost iconic animal. One that is now seriously in danger of becoming extinct in the wild.
Tiger Landscape: Amur-Heilong
Mandchurian temperate broadleaf (or deciduous) forest, Sikhote Alin mountains. Amur tiger habitat. Russian Far East.
The northern-most tiger landscape
The vast forests of the Russian Far East are home to largest unfragmented tiger population in the world.Countries
Russia, ChinaSubspecies
Amur tigerOther priority species
Amur leopardKorean cedar pine
WWF priority place
Amur-Heilong River BasinEcological region
Russian Far East Broadleaf and Conifer ForestsVigorous anti-poaching and other conservation efforts by the Russians with support from WWF and many other partners have seen this population remain stable throughout the last decade or so.
Nevertheless, poaching of tigers and prey, increased logging and road construction, forest fires and inadequate law enforcement threaten the continued survival of Amur tigers in this landscape.
WWF's work here includes:
Nevertheless, poaching of tigers and prey, increased logging and road construction, forest fires and inadequate law enforcement threaten the continued survival of Amur tigers in this landscape.
WWF's work here includes:
- Antipoaching efforts
WWF, Phoenix Fund, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) are active in antipoaching patrols in key areas of Russia's Primosrki and Khabarobvski provinces
- Recovery of prey species
WWF regularly surveys prey species populations, has pushed for sustainable hunting regulations, and has proposed a recovery plan for ungulates to the government.
- Tiger monitoring
WWF conducts annual surveys of tiger populations with WCS, and is undertaking research as to whether Amur tigers have re-established a viable population in northeast China.
- Protected area network
In partnership with the Russian authorities and other NGOs, we are helping to establish Econet, an ecological network of protected areas that will become a well-connected habitat for the tiger. This involves setting up new protected areas and improving management of the whole protected area system. Work is integrated with forest and freshwater initiatives in the Russian Far East.
Related links
- Amur-Heilong - a WWF priority place
- More on tigers
- WWF Russia website
Contact us
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WWF Russia,
Amur BranchWWF Russia,
Amur Branch 18A Verkhneportovaya Street 690003,
Primorskii Krai,
Vladivostok
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WWF Russia,
Moscow Main19 Nikoloyamskaya Street building 3 109240 Moscow Russian Federation Registered mail: WWF Russian Programme Office Post Office Box 3 109240 Moscow Russian Federation Postal addresses: From Europe: WWF 232 Messenger FLIP-Post Obentrautstrasse 62 10963 Berlin Germany
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