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WWF works on tiger conservation in 22 landscapes across Asia. These are diverse places and are home to millions of people as well as a diverse array of wildlife.
Out of the 22 landscapes, eight are restoration landscapes where WWF is supporting governments, partners, and communities to return tigers back to where they once roamed.
WWF also engages outside these landscapes on broader work that addresses tiger and prey trade and demand, policy advocacy and other drivers affecting tigers.

Keep scrolling to learn more about our landscapes.

 
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Bago Yoma Landscape

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Endangered species can still be found here such as Asian elephants, sun bears and turtles, but for tigers it’s a different story.

BAGO YOMA LANDSCAPE

The rolling hills of the Bago Yoma Landscape stretch 18,540km2 and are covered in a combination of upper mixed deciduous and dry forest. Endangered species can still be found here such as Asian elephants, sun bears and turtles, but for tigers it’s a different story. Tigers can no longer be found in this landscape.

Decades of illegal logging has fragmented tiger habitat and poaching of wildlife has decimated tiger prey species such as banteng and gaur. WWF hopes that with conservation interventions such as habitat restoration, improving anti-poaching efforts and reconnecting fragmented habitat, tigers and their prey can return to this landscape in the future.

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Central India Landscape

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The Central India Landscape is home to approximately 750 tigers, covers 247,624 sq km, and has some of the largest contiguous forested tracks in India.

CENTRAL INDIA LANDSCAPE

The Central India Landscape is home to approximately 750 tigers, covers 247,624km2, and has some of the largest contiguous forested tracks in India. The forests of Central India have inspired classic compositions like Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book which is woven around Seonee and Pench Tiger Reserve. Indigenous Peoples and local communities here have been living alongside its rich wildlife for centuries and many communities rely on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. 

This landscape has made significant progress over the last decade and three sites were recognised for this in the 2022 TX2 Awards. The TX2 Award was presented to Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra (MH), which have had incredible success in doubling their tiger populations. Satpura Tiger Reserve was the recipient of the Conservation Excellence Award for outstanding reserve management.

The conservation challenges in the landscape include poaching of tigers and their prey, human-wildlife conflict, development of linear infrastructure (particularly roads), unsustainable harvesting of forest resources, and encroachment. Despite these challenges, the Central India landscape is recognised by the Government of India as a region with one of the best potential for long-term wild tiger recovery. Coexistence strategies, anti-poaching efforts and maintaining and restoring connectivity will continue to be priorities for WWF to secure the progress made for future generations.

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Central Sumatra Landscape

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Approximately 100 tigers live in this landscape and preventing further habitat destruction and focusing on restoration will continue to be key to protecting this landscape for tigers and other wildlife.

CENTRAL SUMATRA LANDSCAPE

The Indonesian island of Sumatra holds some of the richest and most diverse tropical forests on the planet, giving shelter to many rare species and providing livelihoods for millions of people. The Central Sumatra landscape, covering 11,514km2 is part of a bigger area that is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but this status does little to stop habitat destruction and poaching. Sumatra has experienced significant deforestation – mainly due to land conversion to pave the way for palm oil and rubber plantations. 

Approximately 100 tigers live in this landscape and preventing further habitat destruction and focusing on restoration will continue to be key to protecting this landscape for tigers and other wildlife.

WWF supports tiger protection units which monitor in corridors and buffer areas. A people-centred tiger conservation approach in this landscape will support communities living with tigers. Social behaviour change campaigns will target poachers with the aim of supporting the transition of their livelihoods. Through the company PT Alam Bukit Tigapuluh, founded by WWF, Frankfurt Zoological Society, and The Orangutan Project work is underway to protect and restore some of Sumatra’s last lowland forest and the wildlife that are depending on it. The aim is deforestation-free revenue models will generate sustainable conservation finance to act and improve the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

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Dawna Tenasserim Landscape

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The Dawna Tenasserim Landscape supports an estimated 130 wild tigers which is the biggest population of tigers in mainland Southeast Asia.

DAWNA TENASSERIM LANDSCAPE

The Dawna Tenasserim Landscape supports an estimated 130 wild tigers which is the biggest population of tigers in mainland Southeast Asia as well as a diverse range of other wild cat species; Indochinese leopard, clouded leopard, Asian golden cat, fishing cat, jungle cat, marbled cat, and leopard cat. But it’s not only the land of cats, it also provides shelter to over 150 mammals and nearly 570 bird species, making it of global biodiversity significance.

This incredible transboundary landscape spans the Myanmar-Thailand border covering 178,791km2. It’s home to diverse communities on both sides of the border who have lived there for centuries.

The landscape is threatened by unsustainable infrastructure development, habitat loss due to illegal logging and agriculture expansion, and poaching. The current crisis in Myanmar, and the tragic humanitarian situation, is heavily impacting the landscape’s forests in Myanmar and has led to increased levels of deforestation and unsustainable resource extraction. 

In order to protect the Dawna Tenasserim Landscape and its biodiversity, WWF is working with partners on tiger and deforestation monitoring and forest land restoration approaches to maintain and enhance landscape connectivity. We are supporting participatory and inclusive Conservation Area Management Planning to promote sustainable land use as well as the establishment of community recognised core protected areas in Myanmar. We are also working with Indigenous communities to map and register their land as Indigenous Community Conserved Areas to secure land tenure and promote community based conservation of high biodiversity areas (Myanmar) and no-hunting zones (Thailand).

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Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex Landscape

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The Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex supports the most easterly tiger population (approximately 25 tigers) in Southeast Asia.

Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex Landscape

The Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex supports the most easterly tiger population (approximately 25 tigers) in Southeast Asia which are also the only tigers remaining within the Southeast Asian Dry Tropical Forest Ecoregion. The Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, with its high annual rainfall, acts as a critically important watershed for Thailand, draining into and feeding five of the country’s major rivers: Nakhon Nayok river, Prachin Buri river, Lamta Khong river, Muak Lek river, and Mun river. The last major area of extensive forests in this area of Thailand, the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is surrounded by almost completely converted landscapes. Human pressures are significant and diverse including roads, tourism, and poaching. In some areas along the boundary, significant encroachment and agricultural conversion have happened.

Tiger population recovery in this isolated protected forest complex, which borders Cambodia, is a medium-term goal in the government of Thailand’s National Action Plan for Tiger Conservation (2022-2034) and is possible, WWF-Thailand intends to support the government’s efforts in increasing tiger populations in this landscape.

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Eastern Plains Landscape

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The transboundary Eastern Plains Landscape in Cambodia and Viet Nam covers 14,236 sq km and tigers are functionally extinct in both countries with Cambodia’s last known camera trap photo being from 2007.

Eastern Plains Landscape

The transboundary Eastern Plains Landscape in Cambodia and Viet Nam covers 14,236km2 and forms part of the largest extent of dry forest in Southeast Asia. Once known for its spectacular wildlife, the area is threatened by snaring, illegal logging, forest clearing and land conversion for plantations and mining. Tigers are functionally extinct in both countries with Cambodia’s last known camera trap photo being from 2007. However, some of Asia’s rarest species remain in the landscape with uniquely important populations of Asian elephant and banteng.

WWF is supporting the Royal Government of Cambodia on a new approach for restoring the landscape's wildlife and biodiversity by securing the landscape from threats and allowing prey populations to recover. This will be a long-term project that will require support from everyone, including the government, businesses, local partners, and communities. Ultimately there remains a hope of tiger reintroduction into this unique transboundary landscape.

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Far Eastern Himalayas Landscape

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The Far Eastern Himalayas Landscape covers 289,148 sq km of tiger habitat across Bhutan, India, and Myanmar and is home to an estimated 370 tigers.

FAR EASTERN HIMALAYAS LANDSCAPE

The Far Eastern Himalayas Landscape covers 289,148km2 of tiger habitat across three countries, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Home to an estimated 370 tigers, this area covers parts of three global biodiversity hotspots, has high forest cover and low human population density. This incredible landscape is also home to a diverse, and often vulnerable, number of cultures. 

For Myanmar this is a particularly significant landscape as it is the last stronghold for more than 23 globally threatened species. In Bhutan, tiger habitat is well connected however challenges of human-tiger conflict jeopardise conservation success here. In India tigers roam from the high altitude mountains of Sikkim, to the lush forests and grasslands of West Bengal and the North East Hill States.

Agricultural land expansions and over harvesting of wildlife jeopardises the future of this landscape. In Myanmar’s part of the landscape, due partly to the 2021 Military coup and the subsequent relaxation of illegal wildlife trade law enforcement, the quality of the landscape needed for wildlife is degrading rapidly.

As one of the most important areas for large mammal conservation in South Asia, this landscape has been a priority site for WWF for more than 15 years. In Bhutan WWF and partners have rolled out SMART nationally that improves the effectiveness of ranger patrols, allowing them to collect and upload information such as GPS locations of poaching evidence or images of animals to a central database. Elsewhere in Bhutan WWF are supporting partners and communities with coexistence strategies to address human-tiger conflict. In Myanmar, WWF and partners are using camera traps to monitor tigers and prey populations, and are working on reducing the illegal trade of tigers, their parts and products. In India, WWF is supporting monitoring and documentation of tigers, prey base and habitat, human-tiger conflict management including an interim relief programme and capacity-building for frontline forest staff on tiger protection.

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Greater Khingan Landscape

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At 204,968 sq km the Greater Khingan Landscape is a historically important area for the Amur tiger in China. Until 2021 the last recorded sighting of Amur tigers here was in the 1960s.

Greater Khingan Landscape

The Greater Khingan Landscape is located in northeast China. It’s home to temperate mixed coniferous and broadleaf forests, as well as wetlands, and grasslands. This landscape is home to many endangered species, including plants like Korean pine and Dahurian larch, and animals like the Amur tiger, moose, and wolf.
 
At 204,968km2 the Greater Khingan Landscape is a vast and important area for the Amur tiger in China. Until 2021 the last recorded sighting of Amur tigers here was in the 1960s. But new evidence suggests that there may now be 2-3 Amur tigers using this landscape.
 
The small population of Amur tigers and the low quality of the forest ecosystem, coupled with human activities, pose significant threats to the recovery of the Amur tiger population in this region. WWF is conducting assessments of the tiger habitat in this landscape, working to improve habitat connectivity, supporting anti-poaching teams, and capacity building to improve the conservation management of this habitat. WWF is also supporting the plans of the Government of China for reintroduction of Amur tigers into this region.

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Ile Balkhash Landscape

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Tigers became extinct in Kazakhstan over 70 years ago but a landmark effort is underway to return this iconic big cat to the country’s Ile Balkhash Landscape.

ILE BALKHASH LANDSCAPE

Tigers became extinct in Kazakhstan over 70 years ago but a landmark effort is underway to return this iconic big cat to the country’s Ile Balkhash Landscape.

If successful, this tiger reintroduction would make Kazakhstan the first country in the world to reintroduce tigers after national extinction and would return the species to Central Asia from where it has been extinct for over 50 years . This landscape covering 12,000km2 was designated in June 2018 around Ile Balkhash and since then conservation efforts to restore the landscape and prey for the eventual return of the tiger has been successful. The reintroduction of tiger prey species is underway, to accelerate prey recovery, and the government, with support from WWF, are regenerating native trees to support habitat regeneration.

Together, WWF and its partners will tackle poaching and illegal activities, train and equip rangers with technology such as SMART, create thriving prey populations and partner with communities in the area to ensure the coexistence strategies are firmly embedded into this project.

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Laoyeling Landscape

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This is a vast and fragile landscape that is facing pressure from a dense human population in northeast China.

LAOYELING LANDSCAPE

The Laoyeling Landscape, located in the east of Heilongjiang and Jilin Province in northeast China, is part of one of the most biologically diverse temperate forests in the world. It harbours a variety of other fascinating wildlife beyond tigers, such as the Pallas’ cat and red-crowned cranes. This is a vast and fragile landscape that is facing pressure from a dense human population in northeast China. Consequently, one of the bigger challenges is to balance economic development and sustainable land use.

Tigers are dispersing from neighbouring Russia, where tiger numbers are increasing, into adjacent areas of China such as this one. WWF is committed to recovering tiger prey populations, conservation capacity building, anti-poaching efforts, and habitat restoration in this region to gradually restore the populations of Amur tiger.

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Lesser Khingan Landscape

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Lesser Khingan is a key area in northeast China for tigers that has great potential for their recovery.

LESSER KHINGAN LANDSCAPE

Lesser Khingan is a key area in northeast China for tigers that has great potential for their recovery. The landscape has a mix of temperate forests, wetlands, grasslands. Temperatures can plummet to as low as -40 degrees celsius here, but the Amur tiger is well suited with its thick fur. This landscape covers 64,707km2 and has always been habitat for tigers but low numbers of prey and poor-quality habitat that has suffered from human developments threaten the recovery of tigers in this area.

The last recorded sighting of a tiger here was in the 1970s but in 2010, following successful reintroductions on the Russian side of this transboundary landscape, conservationists started to see signs of tigers returning and estimate there to be between 6-8 tigers now in this landscape. WWF has been committed to monitoring the Amur tiger and its prey populations in this region, building conservation capacity, supporting anti-poaching teams, and habitat restoration efforts to gradually restore the Amur tiger habitat and population.

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Malaysia - Thailand Transboundary Landscape

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This landscape encompasses one of the oldest rainforests in the world as well as supports the largest tiger population in Malaysia.

MALAYSIA - THAILAND LANDSCAPE

Spanning Peninsular Malaysia’s longest mountain range and adjacent areas of the Hala-Bala Forest Complex in Thailand, the Malaysia - Thailand Transboundary Landscape is 31,296km2 and home to approximately 60 tigers. This landscape encompasses one of the oldest rainforests in the world as well as supports the largest tiger population in Malaysia. 

A snaring crisis in Southeast Asia jeopardises the future of many species in the region and the situation in this landscape is no different. Snares set by poachers across this transboundary area are one of the most significant threats to tigers and their prey. Conservation efforts by WWF are having success in Malaysia where active snare detection by Indigenous rangers have been reducing between 2018-2023. Combating poaching in this landscape, as well as reducing habitat destruction and increasing tiger prey remain key priorities of work in this landscape. WWF is also supporting efforts to formalise this transboundary landscape with both governments. In addition WWF-Malaysia will continue to support Project Stampede - a partnership with Indigenous community patrol teams, and improve connectivity along its border with Thailand. WWF-Thailand’s focus will be initially on creating a wildlife inventory, ranger training, deforestation monitoring, and restoring forest connectivity.

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Nam Poui-Doi Phu Kha Landscape

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While the landscape, which covers 4,280 sq km, doesn’t currently have tigers (as of 2023) it’s large enough to support a breeding tiger population if its protection and prey populations are restored.

Nam Poui-Doi Phu Kha Landscape

The Nam Poui - Doi Phu Kha Landscape is a vital and unique set of habitat spanning both Lao PDR and Thailand home to Asian elephants, white-handed gibbons, clouded leopards, gaur, and potentially globally significant populations of dhole -  Asian wild dogs.

While the landscape, which covers 4,280km2 doesn’t currently have tigers (as of 2023), it’s large enough to support a breeding tiger population if its protection and prey populations are restored. Within the landscape’s protected areas populations of large ungulates, including gaur and sambar (both tiger prey), exist but in likey low numbers.

The Nam Poui - Doi Phu Kha landscape, with adequate support and management offers a likely first point of contact for returning tigers to Laos.  However, in order for tigers to return to this landscape the number of park staff and the quality of their training must improve, the snaring crisis must be addressed, and prey populations need to be restored.

WWF’s work: WWF have worked in Nam Poui for more than a decade building capacity for Protected Area management and supporting elephant conservation through addressing conflict. To catalyse tiger recovery we need to scale up our work and impact across the transboundary landscape to monitor and recover tiger prey populations - through a combination of addressing threats by implementing Problem Oriented Policing and potentially active translocations and reintroductions.

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Phou Khieu-Nam Na Landscape

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Tigers were lost from this landscape in the early 2000s but the extensive forest cover, plus recovering populations of tiger prey species, means that protected area complex has been identified as an opportunity for tiger reintroduction.

Phou Khieu-Nam Na Landscape

Phou Khieu-Nam Na Landscape, also known as the Western Isaan Forest Complex, is made up of three National Parks and four Wildlife Sanctuaries in Northern Thailand, covering a total of 4,594km2. Tigers were lost from this landscape in the early 2000s but the extensive forest cover, plus recovering populations of tiger prey species including sambar deer and hog deer, means that protected area complex has been identified as an opportunity for tiger reintroduction. 

Further prey population increases and eventually tiger reintroduction are medium and long-term goals, respectively, in the government of Thailand’s National Action Plan for Tiger Conservation (2022-2034). WWF has ambition to support the government with the planning of this tiger reintroduction including robust surveys of tiger prey densities and social landscape mapping. 

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South China Restoration Landscape

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Tigers were lost from South China in the early 2000s and while no tigers live in this landscape, it covers 35,000sq km of potential tiger habitat.

South China Restoration Landscape

Tigers were lost from South China in the early 2000s and while no tigers live in this landscape, it covers 35,000km2 of potential tiger habitat. There are ambitious plans to return the South China tiger to appropriate habitat in its historic range as part of a long-term program of ecological restoration and re-wilding which is being led by the Government of China. This work includes rewilding captive tigers from appropriate facilities (i.e. those not linked in any way to illegal trade), increasing populations of tiger prey species particularly through translocations and reintroductions, and partnering with local communities to support them with coexistence strategies before the return of tiger.

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South Zhangguangcai Mountains Landscape

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This landscape, 14,214 sq km, which covers is unique and special as it’s the only place in China where both Amur tigers, and the incredibly rare Amur leopard are found in the same area, although in incredibly low numbers.

South Zhangguangcai Mountains Landscape

In the north of Jilin Province, China’s northeast, lies the South Zhangguangcai Mountains. This landscape covers 14,214km2 and is unique as it’s the only place in China where both Amur tigers, and the incredibly rare Amur leopard are found in the same area, although in incredibly low numbers. Temperate and broadleaf forests cover this landscape but the quality of habitat for tigers is poor with low prey populations and human developments that fragment these forests. 

WWF is supporting the recovery of tiger prey populations, conservation capacity building, anti-poaching efforts, and habitat restoration in this landscape to gradually restore the populations of Amur tiger and Amur leopard.

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Sundarbans Landscape

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The Sundarbans, which spans both Bangladesh and India, is the last place in the world where tigers live among coastal mangrove forests.

SUNDARBANS LANDSCAPE

The Sundarbans, which spans both Bangladesh and India, is the last place in the world where tigers live among coastal mangrove forests. This mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world, includes clusters of low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal and is also home to globally important species such as the South Asian river dolphin, rare birds including the masked finfoot, and the olive ridley turtle.

WWF’s landscape in the Sundarbans covers 5,530km2 of the Indian Sundarbans. As a UNESCO World Heritage site and a Ramsar site, this has been a priority region in India for WWF since 1973 due to its unique biodiversity. While it supports a sizable population of wild tigers, approximately 100, it is also an ecologically fragile region which is highly vulnerable to climate change. Wildlife and local communities are bearing the brunt of climate change as the low-lying islands of the landscape are very susceptible to flooding. This landscape also has one of the highest human-tiger conflict rates in the world.

WWF’s vision for this landscape is to develop a climate resilient Sundarbans that supports tiger recovery, biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable development. WWF has been Involved in the Sundarbans since the start of Project Tiger, over 50 years ago, and assisted the Sundarbans Forest Department in the first tranquilization of a stray tiger in 1974. Currently WWF is working across a range of interventions impacting tiger recovery including human-tiger conflict management, promoting climate resilient and sustainable livelihoods, research and monitoring, and disaster relief.

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Terai Arc Landscape

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This transboundary landscape covers 74,097 sq km and supports an estimated 1,000 tigers as well as a spectacular array of wildlife.

TERAI ARC LANDSCAPE

Located in the shadows of the Himalayas, the Terai Arc Landscape stretches from Nepal’s Bagmati River in the east to India’s Yamuna River in the west. This transboundary landscape covers 74,097km2 and supports an estimated 1,000 tigers as well as a spectacular array of wildlife. Living in close proximity to these tigers and other large mammals, such as Asian elephants, leopards, One-horned rhinos, and a diverse range of communities. 

While threats to tigers still exist in the Terai Arc a lot of progress has been achieved here since 2001. One award-winning tiger corridor in this landscape is the Khata Forest Conservation Area. Community-based anti-poaching units here have helped drive down poaching cases and restoration efforts have increased the habitat from just 115 hectares of forest to 3,800 hectares which encompasses more than 6,000 community members who are stewards of their land.

As urban centres grow and land-use changes, coexistence strategies, anti-poaching efforts and maintaining and restoring connectivity will continue to be priorities for WWF to secure the progress made in connecting the Terai Arc and ensuring it’s well-managed for people and wildlife.

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Ulu Masen Landscape

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The landscape is home to approximately 100 tigers as well as being the only ecosystem in the world where four iconic and critically threatened mammals live: Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran elephant and Sumatran orangutan.

Ulu Masen Landscape

The Ulu Masen Landscape is located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The beating heart of this ecosystem is one of Southeast Asia’s largest intact rainforest ecosystems. The landscape covers 27,703km2 and is home to approximately 100 tigers as well as being the only ecosystem in the world where four iconic and critically threatened mammals live: Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran elephant and Sumatran orangutan. The diverse landscape includes lowland and montane rainforests, nine rivers, three lakes, and over 185,000 hectares of carbon-rich peatlands. As one of the last remaining intact rainforests in all of Indonesia, it is a crucial source of clean drinking water for over four million people.

The Ulu Masen Landscape is vulnerable to the risk of habitat loss due to its abundant valuable natural resources and the conversion of this fertile land by large-scale pail oil plantations. Poaching is also a major threat to wildlife here, harming and reducing wildlife which play a vital role in the ecosystem’s sustainability and balance.

In this northern Sumatra landscape WWF is working with partners to restore habitat especially in corridors and buffer areas, and working to protect watersheds in the landscape.

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Wanda Mountains Landscape

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Temperatures can plummet to as low as -40 degrees celsius here, but the Amur tiger is well suited with its thick fur. Less than five tigers roam this 11,133 sq km landscape.

WANDA MOUNTAINS LANDSCAPE

The Wanda Mountains are located in Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. The landscape is covered in a range of different types of forests, including temperate, coniferous, and broadleaf, as well as wetlands that house rare species like the Oriental white stork. 

Temperatures can plummet to as low as -40 degrees celsius here, but the Amur tiger is well suited with its thick fur. Less than five tigers roam this 11,133km2 landscape. The Wanda Mountains have always been tiger habitat but low numbers of prey and poor-quality habitat that has suffered from human developments such as highways threaten the recovery of tigers in this area.

WWF has been committed to monitoring the Amur tiger and its prey populations in this region, building conservation capacity, supporting anti-poaching teams, and habitat restoration efforts to gradually restore the Amur tiger habitat and population.

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Western Ghats-Nilgiris Landscape

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The Western Ghats Landscape lies along the south-western part of India, covers 70,497 sq km, and the region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

WESTERN GHATS-NILGIRIS LANDSCAPE

The Western Ghats Landscape lies along the south-western part of India and covers 70,497km2. The region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site partially due to its treasure trove of wildlife and is the source of many rivers that supply water to approximately 245 million people.

Though it covers less than 6% of the land area of India, the Western Ghats contain more than 30% of all species of plant, fish, reptile, amphibian, bird and mammal found in the whole country. It has particularly impressive populations of large mammals including approximately 1,000 tigers and other animals such as Asian elephants and gaur. These animals are spread across a number of wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and national parks in the landscape.

The growing numbers of people living in and around the Western Ghats has led to loss of habitat for wildlife, which can in some areas increase human-wildlife conflict. In addition to this poaching threatens wild tigers and their prey, and infrastructure development threatens the connectivity of the landscape.

WWF has been actively involved in the Western Ghats since the early nineties. Currently WWF’s focus is on mapping critical wildlife corridors, mitigating human-wildlife conflict, strengthening protected area management, and promoting sustainable livelihoods. A strong set of relationships and partnerships has been developed with state and local government authorities, civil society organisations and community groups in the region.

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Western India Landscape

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The Western Indian Tiger Landscape supports the westernmost population of the tigers in the world.

WESTERN INDIA LANDSCAPE

The Western India Landscape supports the westernmost population of the tigers in the world. Spread over 59,267km2 and home to an estimated 70 tigers it is made up of two tiger reserves, two national parks and nine wildlife sanctuaries, all connected to each other through wildlife corridors in the form of territorial forests, and reserve forests.

The landscape is a mix of grasslands and dense forests made up mostly of dhak trees, a species known to withstand long periods of drought and heat. Old ruins, palaces and forts are scattered along the backdrop of these forests, which were once the private hunting grounds of the Maharajas. 

While the tiger is the top predator here, other important wildlife include: leopards, striped hyenas, caracals, and blackbuck. The famous Ranthambore Tiger Reserve holds the largest population of tigers in this landscape, which disperse into adjoining national parks and wildlife sanctuaries through the wildlife corridors, in search of new territory and food.

As urban centres grow and land-use changes, coexistence strategies, anti-poaching efforts and maintaining and restoring connectivity will continue to be priorities for WWF to secure the progress made in connecting the landscape and ensuring it’s well-managed for people and wildlife.

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