Under ongoing USAID-WCT project, a workshop on landscape management for officials from Malaysia was held at the Kanha Tiger Reserve from 18 – 20 June 2019. The said workshop was attended by Government officials from Malaysian Forest Department, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Madhya Pradesh Forest Department (MPFD) and representatives from GTF and WWF-India. Field and technical sessions were coordinated by the representatives of the Global Tiger Forum and staff of the Kanha Tiger Reserve. The agenda for the said workshop was based on GTF Mission’s field visit to a priority tiger site (Royal Belum State Park), meeting with Dr. Xavier Jayakumar, Hon’ble Minister of Water, Land & Natural Resources, Malaysia, and consultation with the Department of Wildlife & National Parks (DWNP), Government of Malaysia.
With a focus on tiger conservation priorities in Malaysia, key elements of this workshop included: Joint actions on
- implementing action plan in Malaysia
- community participation
- conservation & protection
- strategies on involving NGOs and communities among others
apart from tiger and prey recovery, protected area management, frontline and community welfare.
Field sessions were focussed on BOMA technique for prey translocation, prey augmentation protocols, design and maintenance of tiger rewilding enclosures, development and maintenance of patrolling and park management infrastructure, M-STrIPES monitoring, ecotourism, and community engagement portfolio.
