Conservation of Globally Significant Wild-Cat Landscape Through Focus on Small Cats and Leopard

There are forty-one wild Cat species that occur globally, inclusive of big cats namely tiger, leopard, snow leopard and small cats viz. marbled cat, clouded leopard, golden cat, fishing cat with overlapping habitat.  Small cat species are keystone species which underpin the integrity of big cat conservation efforts and help to maintain large natural ecosystems. The varied distribution of the species inside and outside protected areas entails a broader landscape approach for undertaking conservation for such species. In the recent times, increasing threats to the small-cat species are in the form of habitat degradation and fragmentation, poaching and illicit wildlife trade and other anthropogenic and stochastic factors. Hence, it is imperative to invest in focused conservation efforts toward the small cats.  With this in mind, Global Tiger Forum in collaboration with UNDP and WWF, is investing in conservation expertise for small cats through the GEF Funded project titled: Strengthening Conservation and Resilience of Globally Significant Wild-Cat  Landscapes through a Focus on Small Cat and Leopard Conservation. 

More Details about the project can be found here.