1. 1 REPORT BY MALAYSIA GTRP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2013-14 BANGKOK, THAILAND 10 MARCH 2013

2. AGENDA 1: STRENGTHEN FRONTLINERS  The new Wildlife Conservation Act enforced in 2011  Poaching of tiger: max US$166,000 and 5 years imprisonment  MIST based enforcement being implemented at Taman Negara NP and Endau Rompin NP by DWNP with the assistance of WCS, WWF & MYCAT  MIST based patrol and 1NRE interagency patrols to be expanded at 3 priority tiger habitats in 2014-15  Additional staffing for DWNP in 2014 for law enforcement and Tiger Unit

3. Tiger habitats mainstreamed into national spatial plan – Central Forest Spine (CFS)Tiger habitats mainstreamed into national spatial plan – Central Forest Spine (CFS) Protecting priority tiger habitatsProtecting priority tiger habitats Linking the priority tiger habitats Linking the priority tiger habitats with rest of the tiger landscape with rest of the tiger landscape Developing 2 ecological corridors with 4 wildlife viaducts for safe movement of wildlife including tigers in 2014-15 Developing 2 ecological corridors with 4 wildlife viaducts for safe movement of wildlife including tigers in 2014-15 Straits of Malacca South China Sea AGENDA 2: CONSERVE TIGER HABITAT DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS

4. TAMAN NEGARA TITIWANGSA 2 DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS 2 ND ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR 3 Wildlife Viaducts being built Linking Taman Negara NP with western forest complex Cost: US$28 million Implementation 2012- 2014

5. 3 RD ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR 1 Wildlife Viaduct being designed Linking Belum State Park with southern forest complex 19 Feb 2013: CFS Perak State Conference – State Government announced the designation of 20,000ha along highway as corridor Monitoring of tiger and wildlife by DWNP & WWFM Habitat enrichment by Forestry Department Integrated Enforcement Cost: US$18 million by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Malaysia Implementation: 2013-15 DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS 3

7. Minimum specification of wildlife viaducts Length : 60m and height: 8m Near existing wildlife crossings Habitat enrichment needed Ground level Viaduct Column Minimum Height- 8 meters 30 meters INCORPORATING SGI FEATURES AT BELUM Feb 2013: Engineering design presented Late 2013: Construction starts

8. AGENDA 3: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT  2013: about 100 locals will be trained as licensed nature guides for parks  Funding: US$70,000 from the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia  Belum State Park in Malaysia and Hala Bala PA in Thailand has been identified as trans-boundary PA  To be strengthened under the GEF funded PA Project in 2013-14 AGENDA 4: COLLABORATION AMONG TRCs AGENDA 6: ACCELERATE FUNDING  Government: US$45 million for Ecological corridor; US$1.5 million for tiger survey at Taman Negara NP  UNDP GEF Funding for PA US5.6 million 2013-2019; for CFS US$9.6 million and expected to commence in 2014  WWF-M and WCS-M sourcing funding for national tiger survey in 2014-15

9. THANK YOU TERIMA KASIH