URGENT STEPS TO THE SUMMIT.

Habitat Encroach ment Prey & Tiger Poach Inst. Strengthe ning Conflict & Cmmty Control Illegal Trade Reduce Demand Sci. Monitor Bangla- desh XXXX Bhutan XXXX Cambodia XXXXXX China XXXXXXX India XXXXXX Indonesia XXXXXX Laos XXXXX Portfolio Size ($ M)

Habitat Encroach ment Prey & Tiger Poach Inst. Strengthe ning Conflict & Cmmty Control Illegal Trade Reduce Demand Sci. Monitor Malaysia XXXXXX Myanmar XXXX Nepal XXXXXX Russia XXXXX Thailand XXXXX Vietnam XXXXXX Global Support Program XXXX Portfolio Size ($ M)

 Continue Working in Tandem, Seek 100% Completion and Maintain Selectivity  Enshrine Most Desired Policy Support Actions in Declaration and Pledges:  Making Core Breeding Areas/Corridors Inviolate  Wildlife Law Reforms  Balancing development & conservation: legally establishing sound sectoral policies.  Empowering Communities  Payment for eco-services/valuation of landscapes.

 Enshrine Primary Cross Boundary Actions In Declaration and Pledges.  Arresting Illegal Trade.  Eliminating Demand.  Joint Management of Priority Shared Landscapes  Enshrine Key Institutional Development Concepts in Declaration and Pledges.  Shift focus from Production Forestry to Conservation.  Create Specialized Wildlife Conservation Units  Professionalize Protection & Monitoring Units.  Unify Approach to Wildlife Crime.

 Better Harmonize Costing  Review Huge Range, Eliminate Major Outliers  Landscapes: 8 TRC; 80% in 2.  Law Enforcement: 10 TRC; 60% in 2.  Prof Mgmt: 9 TRC; 60% in 3.  Cap Build: 7 TRCs;70% in 1.  Normalize Time Horizon (2 to 12) to 5 years.  Standardize Recurrent v/s Capital.  Ensure at least 60% Self Financing.

 South Asia: IDA Regional project on wildlife illegal trade and capacity building.  Capitalize on China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Russia, Vietnam “Interest” in GEF5.  Continue to interest Partners in NTRPs & GSPs: Facilitate Preparation and avoid Duplication.

 Harmonize NTRP Costing………………GTI Sectt.  “Projectize” GSPs……………GSP Block Leaders  Implement Key Policy Actions………………TRCs.  Finalize National Pledges.  Finalize Summit Declaration.  Define “Match Making” System…Finance Team.  Review Draft GTRP Document….GTI Sectt/TRCs  Brief Partners/GEF Again…………………GTI Sectt. There is still time to do this!!

 $12M; 3 Priority Actions in NTRP  Institutional Strengthening  Tiger Human Conflict & Community Engagement  Controlling Illegal Trade  Scientific Monitoring

 A dedicated institution for wildlife conservation and management with appropriate training and logistical support.  Go from production forestry to conservation within FD with organizational change, clear vision and objectives across all layers of staff  Cost: Staffing, incentives and risk insurance US$ 1 million; Infrastructure 4 million

 Conflict Tiger Response Teams to: respond and monitor conflict and problem tiger presence; compensation for depredations; insurance support.  Awareness programs to: encourage safer behavior inside forest; need for tiger, prey and habitat conservation; stigmatize poaching and consumption; link AIG to conservation  Community-led anti-poaching teams, crime reporting system, and monitoring  Cost: US$ 1 million (anti-poaching and conflict mitigation) Continue to Community Engagement Slide

 AIG linked to wildlife and healthy habitats to: reduce the dependency on forest products; minimize activity in forests, reducing potential for conflict and habitat degradation.  Forest co-management committees to build forest management partnerships between local communities and the FD for local community stewardship  Update co-management guidelines, policy, and rules.  Cost: US$ 1 million for community stewardship and forest management; US$ 6 million for AIG

 Create a mechanism for trans-boundary collaboration to curb cross-border poaching, smuggling and trade of tigers/parts and other wildlife.  Inter-Ministerial Policy decisions to strengthen collaboration with the police, coast guard and local administrations.  Include wildlife crime in cross border law enforcement MOU between Bangladesh and India  Cost: US$ 7 million for protection logistics (includes mobility/patrolling, communication, monitoring/MIST)

 Recruit and train wildlife conservation cadre with logistical support for patrolling and monitoring. (fast boats, fuel allowances, communication devices, guard posts and housing with essential facilities; training in MIST, radio-tracking)  Coordination with police, coast-guard, local administration, local communities, and media.  Cost: US$ 7 million for protection logistics (includes mobility/patrolling, communication, monitoring/MIST)

 $6M, 4 Priority Actions in NTRP  Controlling Habitat Encroachment  Institutional Strengthening  Tiger Human Conflict & Community Engagement  Scientific Monitoring

 A proactive assessment of planned/proposed infrastructure and climate change-related impacts on intact habitat, especially corridors.  Appropriate policy to discuss, develop, coordinate, and implement mitigations with line agencies and ministries.  Cost: Classifying and zoning tiger landscape US $1.5 million (includes boundary marking)

 Better linkages among the different units (Division and National Parks) of the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) and clear conservation mandates.  Recruit and train additional staff dedicated to wildlife conservation in monitoring, PA management.  Strengthen DoFPS partnerships with other relevant government sectors (law enforcement agencies, national environment commission, UWICE, NRTI, NGO, Local communities, BTFEC, etc.)  Cost: Enhancing institutional capacity of DoFPS US$ 1.3 million

 Community-based livestock insurance programs.  Human wildlife coexistence education and awareness programs.  Cost: included in AIGs and other incremental costs. Continue to Community Engagement Slide

 Community participation & engagement through community forestry in appropriate management zones in protected areas and corridors to facilitate conservation and protection.  AIGs and PES as compensation for opportunity costs associated with living in tiger conservation areas.  Joint anti-poaching programs and intelligence networks with communities.  Decentralization/co-management policies to involve local communities and institutions.  Cost: US$ 2 million and incremental costs by other donors in sustainable livelihoods and PES

 Scientifically defensible nationwide baseline and monitoring system to track status of tiger population and progress towards goal.  Cost: nationwide monitoring program for tigers and prey, US$ 1 million (5 years)

 $3.5 M; 4 Priority Actions in NTRP  Controlling Habitat Encroachment  Controlling Prey and Tiger Poaching  Institutional Strengthening  Controlling Illegal Trade  Reducing Demand  Scientific Monitoring

 At least one inviolate source site secured and zoned to create a ‘safe haven’ for future re- introduction and restoration of wild tigers in Cambodia  Design and implement awareness raising-program for the tiger source site.  Sub-decree to legally designate inviolate source site.  Inter-ministerial cooperation and coordination to ensure sustainable management of land-use across the Eastern Plains Landscape.

 Adequate, effective patrols and law enforcement, with operational resources, to prevent hunting of tiger and prey species, logging and other land clearance, and human disturbance  monitor law enforcement and management effectiveness in potential source sites

 Forestry Administration (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) and General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation ad Protection (Ministry of Environment) will establish and resource at least 50 full-time, dedicated, well-trained and equipped law enforcement officers to secure inviolate tiger habitats

 Trans-boundary agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam for cooperation on combating wildlife crime across the border

 Greater awareness of threats and improved perception of conservation value of tigers among local communities.

 Integrate MIST into tiger and prey monitoring to assess overall impact of the tiger recovery program

 Habitat Conservation  Capacity Building  Control Poaching  Engagement of Local Communities  Control Wildlife Trade

 Habitat and pray population restoration, including hunting bans in tiger areas  Connectivity between core areas  Prepare pilot sites for release of captive bred Amur tigers  Cost $1,000,000

 Strengthen conservation and monitoring of tiger populations and habitats  Improve infrastructure, including monitoring stations where lacking and replenish equipment  Cost $500,000

 Staff training to enforce hunting ban and stop poaching; research to understand tiger ecology for conservation  Cost included in 0.7 Million for enforcement

 Socio-economic development of local communities for conservation support  Compensation mechanism for wildlife depredation and mitigation of crop damage  Awareness programs for tiger protection

 law enforcement over smuggling and illegal trade of tiger products  Strengthen staff of regional law enforcement agencies, with logistical support  Propaganda and education to guide public to resist using tiger products  International seminars, international professional training and friendly natural reserves will be used to strengthen tiger conservation and experiences exchange to promote joint enhancement of conservation management  Artificial reproduction of tigers are under strict supervision with permits system  Cost $700,000

 Habitat Protection  Capacity Building  Community Engagement  Control Trade

 Securing tiger habitat from encroachment and economic development  Core areas free from development and anthropogenic impacts  Buffer zones and corridors for functional landscapes  Protect tiger/prey base from poaching through smart patrolling

 Scientific adaptive management tools in tiger conservation  Robust mechanisms for monitoring progress towards achieving goals  Institutional framework to provide training to frontline staff and build capacity  System for performance-based management assessment and incentives

 Link sustainable livelihood support to tiger conservation  Minimize tiger-human conflict  Improved field delivery system to efficiently converge economic returns from line departments

 Enforcement of laws and follow up on wildlife crimes  Sensitize criminal justice system on wildlife crimes  Improve trans-boundary collaboration on illegal wildlife trade issues

 $20M, 4 Priority Actions  Controlling Habitat Encroachment  Institutional Strengthening  Tiger Human Conflict & Community Engagement  Controlling Illegal Trade  Reducing Demand  Scientific Monitoring

 Secure source sites and maintain landscape integrity by mapping concession areas for connectivity, with and legal backing to protect tiger habitat outside of protected areas  Integrate source sites into park management plans; priority landscapes into provincial and district spatial planning.  Legally binding protocols for best management practices of forest industry land uses to ensure contribution to tiger conservation  Cost: US$ ~ 1.26 million to mainstream tiger and habitat protection through National Development Program and create a legal basis to protect tiger habitat outside of protected areas.

 Add 30 well-equipped Species Protection Units  Create well-trained Elite Investigation group (100 staff) within the Ministry of Forestry to investigate wildlife law infringement investigations.  Establish national tiger advisory board with Ministerial decree  Cost: included in conflict mitigation, trade control, and landscape planning

 A comprehensive strategy for human-tiger conflict mitigation with practical guidelines for animal handling, transportation, translocation, release, and euthanasia.  Establish three Rescue Teams for capturing, pre- conditioning, and relocating problem tigers  Establish Conflict Mitigation Coordinating Team in provincial level and Response Unit at district level to address human- tiger conflict.  Programmatic trainings on human-tiger conflict mitigation techniques and tiger conservation in general for UPT PHKA, local government officers, general public, and other relevant institutions.  Cost: US$ ~8.4 million.

 Replicate specialized tiger law enforcement and conflict mitigation units.  Upgrade legal basis for arresting suspected poachers with higher penalties  Establish high-level inter-agencies command unit (Police, Customs, Justice, Interpol, UNODC, and WCO) to interdict and prosecute wildlife traders operating across state and national boundaries

 Obtain commitment of countries involved in international trade of tiger, its parts and derivatives to stop.  Cost: US$ 100,000

 Robust system to monitor trends of tiger and prey populations for adaptive management in priority landscapes.  Patrolling capacity for MIST and spatial monitoring framework in priority landscapes.  Cost: US$ ~ 6.1 million

 Adopt law enforcement and tiger monitoring standards  Habitat protection  Scientific surveys and monitoring  Capacity building

 Standardize use of MIST and tiger monitoring in protected areas and across projects  Installation of MIST and staff training  Cost: US$0.24 million

 Establish inviolate core zone at Nam Et Phou Louey NPA  Habitat establish and maintain connectivity between other neighboring TCLs  Manage land concessions and infrastructure development in TCLs to comply with PA management plans and zoning  Ensure cross-sectoral compliance with PA TPZs and corridors  Cost: US$12.5 million

 Confirm that tigers are present or absent in all Tiger Conservation Landscapes (TCLs)  Conduct scientific surveys in all TCLs by 2020  Make core area of TCLs where tigers are confirmed inviolate from human activities  Cost: US$0.7 million for surveys

 Capacity building in DoFI,, customs staff, border staff, economic police and CITES MA and SA (training, equipment)  Establish Lao WEN  Establish a Prime Minister’s Commission on Endangered Species and under the PM Commission (housed in the PM Environment Committee) and under MAF create a Tiger Taskforce  Cost: US$ 0.5 million

 Strengthen law enforcement in and around the core tiger habitats  Enhance landscape connectivity  Science-based monitoring  Capacity building

 Strengthen enforcement teams (more patrol teams; greater empowerment under new and existing federal laws)  Strict enforcement of wildlife and wildlife trade laws  Cost: US$ 6 million

 Priority areas strictly protected, expanded, or sustainably managed.  Ecologically sound land use compatible with tiger conservation outside the strict protected areas  Sustainable financing mechanism to mitigate human-tiger conflict.  Linkages and smart infrastructure to facilitate wildlife crossing with monitoring  Cost: US$ 20 million

 Science-based occupancy/density surveys of tigers and prey  Research to inform conservation and management in multiple-land use landscapes  Institutionalize mechanism in Ministry to coordinate and monitor the development, maintenance, and functioning of corridors for tiger movement

 Control organized wildlife crimes Malaysia.  Multi-agency coordination.  Strengthen and improve transnational cooperation (Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand) and with ASEAN WEN to curb trade in tigers and parts.  Enhance informant networks at local level.  Cost: included in strengthening law enforcement in and around the core tiger habitats

 Habitat Protection  Poaching  Scientific monitoring  Institutional strengthning

 Landscapes with appropriate extensions and corridors legally protected  Tiger surveys in unprotected areas around both TCLs  Nominate important tiger areas for legal protection  Integrate “ Tiger conservation” as a priority in the development agenda of the government  Cost $US 0.3 million

 Capacity building: more FD staff in wildlife conservation and law enforcement, monitoring techniques, field equipment, funds for operations, infrastructure, and maintenance  Increase patrolling and integrate with database (e. g MIST) for effective management  Review of existing development policies to strengthen support for Tiger Conservation, with increased penalties for tiger related offences  Cost $US 3.0 million

 Establish baseline for tiger and tiger prey species using standardized monitoring protocols  Implement MIST across both Tiger landscapes  Cost $US 2.0 million

 Improved national and trans-boundary cooperation  Improved national policies to support Tiger conservation  Transboundary dialogue and agreements with India, Thailand, and China for cooperation on tiger and wildlife crimes  Cost $US 0.7 million

 Policy  Population and habitat conservation  Sustainable financing  Capacity buiding  Building local community stewardship for conservation

 Amend the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act and Forest Act, with relevant regulations, and enactment of a Landscape Level Conservation Policy for effective conservation and management of the TAL.  Establish and empower National Tiger Conservation Committee (NTCC).  Place TAL conservation as a high-profile feature in the political agenda.  Effective transboundary cooperation with India and China.  Cost: US$ ~ 0.2 million

 Protect core areas, corridors, and buffer zones, including several transboundary corridors  Periodic, structured population monitoring using camera- trapping and occupancy surveys at 3 year intervals.  Strengthen anti-poaching mechanisms: in PAs with highly- mobile patrol teams; MIST, Intelligence netoworks and community-based teams.  Assess all large economic and development projects planned in the TAL for impact on tigers, prey, and habitat.  Cost: US$ ~ 16 million

 Create a Tiger Conservation Fund as a source of sustainable:  Carbon-related funds (from REDD+, biogas, carbon credits for forest restoration, and financial offsets from smart infrastructure) for tiger and tiger habitat conservation and management.  National and international cooperation for payments for water and other hydrological services from the river system to support tiger conservation in the TAL.  Cost: US$ 0.5 million for developing strategy

 Form and empower: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) to reduce poaching and to control transnational trade in tigers and tiger-parts.  Adequate human resources/ capacity in the field and centre for research, smart patrolling, intelligence, judiciary procedures (e.g., scene of crime).  Infrastructure related to park and forest management and patrolling  Cost: US$ 19 million (includes 15 million for infrastructure)

 Public awareness programs and rapid-response teams to reduce/alleviate conflict  Integrated/alternative livelihood programs related to, and compatible with tiger habitat conservation, as compensation for opportunity costs and elicit conservation stewardship.  Payments for conservation of ecological/environmental services and conservation offsets to local communities.  Cost: US$ ~ 7 million + other funding

 Trade control  Habitat conservation  Amur tiger population studies and monitoring  Human-tiger conflict prevention and settlement

 Establish trans-boundary reserves for cross-border tiger and other wildlife movement  International coordination actions to suppress smuggling of Amur tiger products.  Require legal policies to prevent people advertising tiger skins for sale and buy products on the internet  Cost: US$ 1 million

 Strengthened protected area network connected with ecological corridors and with protection zones restricting natural resource use on land adjacent to Pas.  Expand the area of the existing nature reserves and national parks in the Amur tiger range.  Public support to PAs to backup their inspection teams, including salary increases and logistical support  Policy and laws to prohibiting logging Korean pine trees and restricting the cutting of oak trees  Cost US$ 32 million

 International cooperation for technological and knowledge transfers and research  Improved monitoring and surveys methods following the Guidelines for Amur Tiger Counts in the Russian Federation as approved by the MNR in its Order # 63 of March 15,  Policy to improve and increase prey capacity through economic incentives for game management units  Cost US$ 6 million

 Awareness programs to avoid conflict situations  Radio- track monitoring of Amur tigers;  Good performance of Tiger Special Inspection Program (a federal institution) under the Conflicting Tiger Component  Amur Tiger Recovery Centre as temporary shelter and care to rehabilitate problem tigers  Cost US$ 4 million

 Targeted PR campaigns for various social groups living in the Amur tiger habitats  Preserve and promote traditional knowledge, rituals and customs aimed at conserving and respecting the Amur tiger  Promote sustainable nature resource management practices for tiger and prey conservation  Tougher laws and punishments for illegal trade in Amur tigers and publicize negative connotations of tiger poaching  Cost US$ 2 million

 Control illegal trade and poaching  Capacity building  Scientific monitoring  Community engagement  Sustainable financing

 Strengthen and standardize direct conservation action and enforcement  MIST-based and Smart Patrol Systems to secure the tigers in Tenasserim-WEFCOM and DP-KY Landscape from poaching.  Establish wildlife crime units outside the priority landscapes to reduce demands of wild meat  Cost: US$ 83.4 million (Govt contribution $ 49.1 million; external $ 34.3million) over 5 years

 Use HKK as the center to train officers and park rangers for country and region in research, patrolling, and other capacity building  Cost: US$ 2.2 million (Govt contribution $ 0.7 million; external $ 1.5 million) over 5 years

 Use up-to-date techniques to annually or regularly monitor trends of tigers and prey (camera trapping, transect and distance sampling, occupancy survey etc) in Tenasserim-WEFCOM and DP-KY Landscape and other landscapes.  Tiger ecology studies to understand the home- range and habitat use of tigers in the two landscapes.  Cost: partially included in conservation action budget of US$ 83.4 million

 Promote education, awareness, and public participations  Tiger focused education and awareness campaigns in communities around the two priority landscapes.  Create platforms or projects (e.g., ecotourism) for concrete public participations through protected area and community committees  Cost: US$ 7.0 million (Govt contribution $ 1.7 million; external $ 5.3 million) over 5 years

 Create long-term financial support within the government budget by giving tiger conservation and recovery a national priority and pride.  Seek collaborations and opportunities at the international level for large scale and long-term international funding sources.

 $83.5; 6 Priority Actions in NTRP  Controlling Habitat Encroachment  Controlling Prey and Tiger Poaching  Institutional Strengthening  Controlling Illegal Trade  Reducing Demand  Scientific Monitoring

 Priority sites for tiger conservation officially recognized and management and protection strengthened to prevent further habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation  With Lao and Cambodia, conduct feasibility studies and create trans-boundary protected areas for tigers (across from Yok Don, Chu Mom Ray and Bu Gia Map)

 With Lao and Cambodia prevent hunting of tigers and prey in trans-boundary protected areas (Yok Don, Chu Mom Ray and Bu Gia Map)

 Increase management capacity of protected areas with adequate investment for wildlife conservation, better collaboration with local stakeholders, and incentives to protect wildlife.  Train enforcement officers—rangers, police, customs and border security—to combat (transboundary) wildlife crime

 Prevention, detections and suppression of organized tiger and wildlife crimes is significantly strengthened.  Vietnam Interpol NCB to dismantle trans-boundary criminal networks illegally trafficking tigers into Vietnam; prosecution of traders (involving the regional and national Interpol Environmental Crimes officers and ASEAN-WEN)  Implement strict and effective management of captive tiger facilities with strategic conservation-breeding plans and transparent monitoring; immediate punishment for those found trading from captive tiger facilities; close such facilities where trading has occurred..

 Prohibit the promotion of use of tigers and other endangered species in traditional medicine (e.g. remove from pharmacopoeias, official training curricula and documents) and promote alternative products instead.  Clear government policy to prohibits breeding tigers for commercial profit.  Program of innovative behavior change campaigns to reduce demand for tiger and tiger prey products and derivatives.

 Strengthen tiger and prey monitoring systems in tiger protected areas