Consultation on Myanmar Tiger Action Plan
Global Tiger Forum (GTF) team visited Myanmar (from 3rd November to 9th November 2017) to participate in Consultation on “Myanmar Tiger Action Plan and Priority Sites” The GTF mission team visited Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary and participated in consultation meeting that was held on 8 November 2017 in Yangon, Myanmar. The said meeting was attended by senior official from the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division (NWCD), Forest Department - Myan...
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Advertisement of Ph.D. Fellowships
U.S. Tiger University Consortium in partnership with the Global Tiger Initiative Council and the Global Tiger Forum Offering Ph.D. Fellowships in Tiger Conservation for serving officials and conservation practitioners from India to build both human and research capacities relating to tiger conservation. Last date for submission of Application to the Global Tiger Forum will be 10 November, 2017. For more information click on the link: Ph.D...
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Protocol for Security Audit of TR’s
Security Audit protocol have been developed to help Tiger Reserve (TR) managers in regularly tracking the progress of their enforcement efforts to tackle poaching in their sites, while the status assessment is conducted by independent team constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) at a regular interval. These protocol have been developed by GTF & WWF after taking inputs from the WCCB, WTI and field officers in consultation...
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A song for the tiger
A song for the tiger The main chorus focuses on the idea of "now or never for the future of the tiger" Courtesy: Mr. Sujoy Banerjee, IFS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-AYwwNcig&feature=youtu.be Lyrics My son asked me the other day Do we have tigers only in the zoos I read it somewhere the forests are gone The deer are gone, wild animals are gone The king of the jungle now kills our cattle Poachers on his trail Now peopl...
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Clemson, Auburn lead U.S. efforts in higher education to save wild tiger populations
AUBURN, Ala. (WPMI) — Clemson University and Auburn University have joined forces to throw the weight of multiple academic disciplines behind efforts to save wild tiger populations worldwide. The two universities, along with Louisiana State University and the University of Missouri, are leading the efforts of the newly formed U.S. Tiger University Consortium, so named for the mascots that both institutions share. Read full article ...
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