Project
Delivering a scalable integrated tiger conservation and livelihood development model for Sumatra landscapes
Duration
2022 - 2025
Location
Indonesia
Species protected
Tiger
Panthera tigris
This project is the continuation of part of the ITHCP Phase I project Safeguarding Indonesia’s priority Tiger Conservation Landscapes, which was implemented between 2016 and 2019.
The project focuses on Gunung Leuser National Park and Forest Management Unit VI.
Overall objective
To empower local government and community partners to secure forests and corridors that are of high value for conservation, thereby supporting recovery of the resident tiger population.
Threats
Diseases
Habitat loss & degradation
Project activities
- Develop the first fully operational Forest Management Unit in Aceh with trained and equipped staff, offices, and a comprehensive forest management plan;
- Identify and protect priority wildlife corridors within the FMU;
- Extensive outreach with forest-edge communities to improve animal husbandry, address wildlife trade and human-wildlife conflict to boost community livelihoods and wellbeing;
- Develop and implement a full Environmental and Social Safeguards Management System and support safeguard instruments to cover all activities in the landscape.
This project is implemented by WCS Indonesia.
