Tiger Landscape: Central Forest Spine (Taman Negara Belum)
Peninsular Malaysia
This transboundary tiger landscape straddles much of northern Peninsular Malaysia and a small area of southern Thailand.
Logging operations and road development pose a big threat to tiger habitat, and conversion of forests to agriculture or commercial plantations has resulted in more frequent encounters between tigers and livestock. Human-tiger conflict has resulted in very strong negative sentiments towards tigers.
WWF's work in this lansdcape includes:
Logging operations and road development pose a big threat to tiger habitat, and conversion of forests to agriculture or commercial plantations has resulted in more frequent encounters between tigers and livestock. Human-tiger conflict has resulted in very strong negative sentiments towards tigers.
WWF's work in this lansdcape includes:
- Mitigating human-wildlife conflict
WWF has been leading an initiative to reduce human-wildlife conflict through better livestock management. By helping farmers build more secure cattle sheds, livestock predation has been significantly reduced. WWF also managed to reverse a decision by a Malaysian state government to eliminate all tigers.
Countries
Malaysia, ThailandSubspecies
Malayan tigerOther priority species
Asian elephantClouded leopard
Ecological region
Peninsular Malaysian Lowland and Montane Forests- Tiger research
WWF has helped set up camera traps to monitor tiger populations.
- Awareness raising
Education efforts include comic books describing how to avoid human-tiger conflict, and the Tigers Alive! campaign which includes a website for children
- Land-use planning and management
WWF-Malaysia helps state governments make tiger-friendly planning decisions. In addition, WWF is also working on management of High Conservation Value Forests.
Dipterocarp rainforest, Taman Negara National Park, Peninsula Malaysia.
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WWF Malaysia,
Peninsular MalaysiaMalaysia
+60 3 7803 3772
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WWF Thailand
87 Soi Paholyothin 5,
Paholyothin Road,
Samsen nai,
Phyathai,
Bangkok 10400,
Thailand.
Thailand
+662 619 8534
+662 619 8538
