Country Snapshot - Russia
Draft for Public Consultations in Preparation for the "Global Tiger Workshop"
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TCL - Tiger Conservation Landscapes
Status of National Tiger Action Plan
Available: Yes
Approval date: 1996
Approval authority: Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Government of Russia
Revision expected: Yes
Key Tiger-Related Statistics
Estimated number of tigers: about 350 *
* Estimated number of ADULT tigers, source: 2009 IUCN Red List http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15955/0
Subspecies: Amur Tiger
Number of Tiger Conservation Landscapes (TCLs) identified: 1
Area of TCL: 241,868 km2
Area of TCL under protection: 26,027 km2
Priority Issues and Actions
(from Existing National Tiger Action Plan and/
or Other Sources)
- Eliminate gaps in institutional mandates
- Improvement in wildlife crime control
- Amelioration of human-wildlife conflicts
- Establishment of new Protected Areas
- Improvement in logging practices
- Hunting management to restore prey-base
- Management of forest fires
- Averting threats from development infrastructure
- Substitution of forest-based livelihoods
- Community-based management
Key National Stakeholders
Main Government Agencies: Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, State Service for Oversight in Natural Resource Use, Administrations of Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krays
Main Non-governmental Groups: Phoenix Fund, Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation, Center for the Protection of Wild Nature (Zov Taigi), Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA), Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF
Country Membership
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES): Yes
Global Tiger Forum: No
Opportunities for Early Action
- Study and improvement of logging practices
- Hunting management to restore tiger prey
- Study and management of forest fires
- Substitution of local forest-based livelihoods
- Resolution of federal legislation gaps
Comment by James Roberson
September 28, 2010 @ 6:41 am
These are the most important tigers that need to be saved, in my view. I still believe that a full grown male Siberian tiger will outmatch a full grown male lion.
Comment by Dr.Maurizio Livraghi
November 22, 2010 @ 2:59 am
I hope this time worldwide efforts will succeed!
Extinction of Amur Tiger, the most powerful and beautiful animal in the world, should be a tremendous loss for human kind.
Should be very important coordinate transboundary actions between Russia and China for poaching control and the creation of Tiger National Parks in low-crowded areas.
Please, be successful!
I usually contribute with donations to WWF on the subject.
The whole World see to You!
Comment by Luis Campoverde
April 29, 2010 @ 10:36 pm
Muy interesante esta iniciativa del gobierno de Rusia.
Me aprece que se dee emular este ejemplo para evitar la desaparición de la especie.
Saludos.
Ing. Luis Campoverde.
Ecuador.