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The status of wild tigers and the outcome of the International Tiger Forum

Philip J. Nyhus LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS

Pioneers of Large-Scale Conservation The Program on Conservation Innovation at the Harvard Forest Monday, December 20, 2010 Environmental Studies Program Colby College, USA

Historic and Current Tiger Distribution

“In 2005 tigers occupied

• nly 7.1% of their

historical range. This represents a 92.9% range collapse over the last 150 years”

“Setting Priorities for Tiger Conservation: 2005 – 2015”

Sanderson, E.W., J. Forrest, C. Loucks, J. Ginsberg, E. Dinerstein, J. Seidensticker, P. Leimgruber, M. Songer,

• A. Heydlauff, T. O’Brien, G. Bryja, S. Klenzendorf, and
• E. Wikramanayake

In Tigers of the World

• R. Tilson and P. Nyhus, eds.

Coggins, C. 2010. In Tilson and Nyhus (eds.) Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2nd Ed.) Amsterdam: Elsevier

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Can we restore wild populations

• f South China tigers?

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International collaboration among State Forestry Administration of China and South China Tiger Office (R. Tilson & Minnesota Zoo with Colby College and others)

 Rapid assessments  Habitat evaluation  Ecological

restoration

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Houhe NNR Matoushan Mangshan NNR Hupingshan NNR Wuyishan NNR Fujian Badagongshan NNR Zhushuqiau NNR Wuyishan NNR Jiangxi

Jiangxi Fujian Hunan Sheng Hubei Sheng Guangdong Sheng

Wuhan Fuzhou Changsha Nanchang Guangzhou

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Legend

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Capital Study Area Province

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200 100 km

China 1 2 3 4 5 Nanling NNR 9 6 7 8

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