IUCN stands for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
The press release (and funding) went directly to one of the questions I had in my last post on how the GTRP was going to “eradicate poaching, smuggling, and illegal trade of tigers, their parts, and derivatives."
The press release (which included a video) read:
On-the-ground efforts to save the tiger have been given a major boost from SOS (Save Our Species) — a global conservation fund implemented by IUCN, the World Bank and GEF (Global Environment Facility) — the project will improve enforcement effectiveness in protecting and recovering tiger breeding populations and therefore addressing the biggest threat to wild tigers: poaching.
SMART is a new spatial monitoring and reporting tool for planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts in breeding sites across the tiger’s habitat. Monitoring poaching activities has been a challenge in the past and SMART aims to reduce the poaching pressures on tigers and their prey by strengthening the capacity, accountability, and motivation of protected area staff in carrying out law enforcement operations.
The tool will collate, manage, and evaluate data on poaching incidents, collected by rangers as part of their day-to-day patrolling. Activities under the SOS grant will be led by WCS - WildlifeConservation Society - and will focus on nine important tiger sites in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Russia and Lao PDR , in coordination with capacity building activities under the GTRP focusing on SMART patrolling in these and other tiger range countries.
Here is the video included in the press release:
So now I am really curious how this SMART program actually works.
At the moment, I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the ‘spatial monitoring and reporting tool for planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts in breeding sites across the tiger’s habitat.’
So it seems it’s time to make some phone calls.
At the moment, I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the ‘spatial monitoring and reporting tool for planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts in breeding sites across the tiger’s habitat.’
So it seems it’s time to make some phone calls.
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