Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Fauna & Flora International, Global Tiger Forum, IUCN Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme, Panthera, UNDP Lion’s Share, Wildlife Conservation Society and WWF’s Tigers Alive Initiative organise two awards to recognise and celebrate sites that have either made significant progress towards tiger recovery since 2010 and contributed towards the TX2 goal, or demonstrated conservation excellence.

The goal to double wild tigers is one of the most ambitious conservation goals ever for a single species.

Set in 2010 by the 13 tiger range countries, the goal known as TX2 contributed to the reversing the decline of tigers from a low of 3,200 partly as a result of outstanding examples of protected area management.

Two categories of awards - the TX2 Award and Tiger Conservation Excellence Award - will celebrate these sites.

These awards are open to submissions from any site in a tiger range country that has achieved remarkable measurable progress since 2010. Award winners will be announced in January 2023.

Previous Recipients:

• 2020
  • TX2 Award: Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, India
  • Conservation Excellence Award: Transboundary Manas Conservation Area (Bhutan & India)
• 2021 
  • TX2 Award: Bardia National Park, Nepal
  • TX2 Award: Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, India 
  • Conservation Excellence Award: Khata Forest Conservation Area (India & Nepal)

The TX2 Award
 

The TX2 Award will go to one site that has achieved remarkable and measurable increase in its tiger population since 2010.
 

Additional criteria:

• Robust monitoring estimates indicate a doubling of adult tiger numbers (Mt+1 or population size estimated through capture mark recapture analysis) or tiger density (estimated through capture mark recapture analysis) during any period between 2005 and 2021. 
• Minimum initial tiger population size (Mt+1) of five tigers.
• Documentation of tiger increase must be provided through peer-reviewed publications, government reports, or grey literature survey reports.
   

Conservation  Excellence Award
 

This award recognises one site that has achieved excellence in two or more of these five themes:

1. Tiger and prey population monitoring and research (tiger translocation / prey augmentation)
2. Effective site management (CA|TS and METT assessments)
3. Enhanced Law Enforcement & protection & Ranger Welfare improvement
4. Community based conservation, benefits and Human-Wildlife conflict mitigation
5. Habitat and prey management
    

Definition of a "site"
An area having a functional tiger population, legally designated as a "site" under national legislation.

Government agencies engaged in tiger conservation can nominate a site in their country or state/province under the mentioned categories. To be eligible, sites must be within the current tiger range and have a legal status under the country’s legislation. 

Please download the application form below.

The submission deadline is 28 November 2022. A panel of experts will review the nominations and select the qualifying sites in each award category.

To find out more about the awards and criteria, please contact: Thomas Gray, Tiger Landscape and Recovery Lead, WWF Tigers Alive Initiative, email: tgray@wwf-tigers.org.