Capacity building workshop on small wild cats
Under the ongoing Small Wild Cats initiative, the second session of the capacity-building workshop was organized by the Global Tiger Forum in collaboration with WWF-India and the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department at Bhalukpong, Arunachal Pradesh. Frontline forest staff from the Khellong Forest Division and Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary participated in the workshop on Small Wild Cat species identification and awareness in their landscapes. The works...
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Waste Management initiative under the High Altitude Tiger conservation project
As part of the ongoing High Altitude Tiger (HAT) Conservation Project in Sikkim in collaboration with, a waste management interventions has been launched in collaboration with security agencies. This initiative includes training sessions for frontline staff and the installation of eco-friendly bins (ecobins) that convert food waste into organic manure. This effort aims to promote sustainability and reduce human impact on delicate high-altitude tig...
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Nepal Announces First National Snow Leopard Population Estimate
In a landmark achievement for wildlife conservation, Nepal has officially released its first consolidated national estimate of the elusive snow leopard population. According to the assessment, the country is home to 397 snow leopards, representing nearly 10% of the global population, despite Nepal encompassing only about 2% of the species’ global habitat. The estimate, drawn from studies conducted between 2015 and 2024, is part of the global Pop...
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Capacity building workshop on small wild cats at Pakke Tiger Reserve
Under the ongoing GOI-GEF project titled “Strengthening Conservation and Resilience of Globally Significant Wild Cat Landscapes through a Focus on Small Cat and Leopard Conservation,” a capacity-building workshop on small wild cat identification and awareness was conducted by the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) in collaboration with WWF-India and Pakke Tiger Reserve at Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh, on 22 April 2025The workshop was attended by officials of Pakk...
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Thailand’s second tiger population stable, faces expansion barriers
Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (DPKY-FC) has been recognized as the country’s second breeding population of Indochinese tigers (Panthera tigris corbetti) since 2016. A new study shows that the population is holding steady, but habitat fragmentation and human activities still pose serious challenges to its expansion. Researchers found that tigers in the western side of the DPKY-FC were thriving, while the eastern side continu...
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