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Sustaining the Lives of Tigers and People Annual Report, April 2014 Satpuda Landscape Tiger Programme Sustaining the Lives of Tigers and People Executive Summary THE TIGER CRISES The wild tiger is an iconic species, revered and feared With as few as 3,000 wild tigers left in the world, and in equal measure. Yet man’s fascination with the tiger numbers rapidly decreasing, the future for this iconic has not protected it from a mounting raft of threats species in its natural habitat is precarious indeed. In India, that have left as few as 3,000 worldwide clinging to home to more wild tigers than any other range country, survival. The Saptuda Highlands of Central India only 11% of original habitat remains in an increasingly arguably represent the best chance wild tigers fragmented and often degraded state. Whilst there are have for survival and here, the partners of the encouraging signs that the species might be on the rise Satpuda Landscape Tiger Programme (SLTP), in some areas, India could have as few as 1,400 tigers funded by the Born Free Foundation, are working remaining, requiring urgent protection to ensure any tirelessly to stem the tiger’s decline and aid its recovery can be sustained. recovery. Throughout 2013/14, the SLTP has maintained this dedication with a range of activities As a conservation dependent species, tigers require large detailed further in the report that follows, including: contiguous forests with access to water and undisturbed legal representation; landscape monitoring and core areas in which to breed. Against a backdrop of a lobbying; field research; mitigation of human- Tomorrow’s tiger conservationists! ©BNHS tiger conflict; health care provision; environmental burgeoning human population desperate to overcome forest resources, often resulting in fatalities on both sides, education programmes; and sustainable livelihood poverty, habitat is encroached upon for livestock grazing and it is clear that the threats to tigers are greater now than initiatives. The activities of the SLTP persistently and agricultural cultivation, and tiger prey is poached by deliver benefits for tigers and people alike with hungry villagers. They are targeted by poachers driven by they ever have been. remarkable cost-efficiency, but in order to sustain the market for tiger parts and products, particularly in China, their efforts additional funding is needed. with demand being further stimulated by the burgeoning A MODEL SOLUTION The 25,000 km² of contiguous forests in the Satpuda growth of ‘tiger farms’ in recent years. Add to this the direct highlands of central India are amongst the world’s most conflicts with rural communities competing for the same © www.tigersintheforest.com important tiger habitats and the focus of SLTP’s efforts. Rich in biodiversity, this forest landscape is key to the water security of millions of Indians, delivering essential Kishor Rithe, President of Satpuda Foundation and the Land Rover Freelander ecosystem services to the surrounding communities. To combat the threats facing wild tigers in this region, SLTP and Land Rover the SLTP was established in 2004 by the Born Free Land Rover has extended its support to the Born Foundation and the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Free Foundation’s work in India by delivering a brand (WildCRU) at Oxford University. As tigers roam widely new Freelander vehicle to Satpuda Foundation, one and do not recognize political or land-use boundaries the of Born Free’s Partner organisations in the Satpuda SLTP operates a holistic landscape oriented conservation Landscape Tiger Programme. The vehicle will be a strategy, implemented by a network of Indian NGOs active vital asset in the field and a highly visible ambassador in and around seven Tiger Reserves: Kanha, Melghat, Pench for conservation work in the Satpuda highlands, the (Madhya Pradesh), Pench (Maharashtra), Saptuda-Bori, largest viable block of tiger habitat in India. Tadoba-Andhari and Navegaon-Nagzira. SLTP ANNUAL REPORT April 2014 April 2014 SLTP ANNUAL REPORT SLTP PARTNERS CONSERVATION FELLOWS ACTIVITY UPDATE April 2013 – March 2014 Ashfaq Aarbi - Satpuda Anoop Awasthi - Pench HABITAT PROTECTION Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Vishal Bansod - Mobile Health Unit As part of efforts to relocate willing communities from www.bnhs.org Poonam Dhanwatey - Tadoba-Andhari sensitive areas in the Satpuda landscape, CAT and SF Debi Goenka - Legal Unit actively assisted the Forest Department by holding Nishikant Kale - Melghat meetings with three villages regarding their relocation, Sanjay Karkare - Mobile Education Unit as well as facilitating a meeting with a village which Kishor Rithe - Landscape Monitoring Unit Born Free Foundation has already undergone relocation, providing a valuable www.bornfree.org.uk Giri Venkatesan - Pench Kedar Gore - Kanha opportunity for information exchange. JUNIOR PARTNERS In Pench Tiger Reserve (TR), further village meetings enabled the establishment and development of Village Repairing a gobar gas unit © BNHS Conservation Action Trust (CAT) Uday Contractor Eco Development Committees and provided the www.cat.org.in Bandu Dhotre opportunity to discuss government schemes relating Gondia Nature Club to the use of alternative fuel sources such as stoves Rujit Karoo which burn firewood more efficiently. Mahendra Singh Chavan New Conserver The success and spread of the gobar gas initiative by BNHS continued apace. Recalling that the average The Corbett Foundation (CF) consumption of wood for fuel per family is 1,200- www.corbettfoundation.org 1,400 kg a year, the use of alternative fuel sources by local communities living around TRs is critical. Some of this initiative continues to be funded by the Forest Department, this year to the tune of £24,000, highlighting the value placed on this work by local Cattle dung powered cooking © BNHS Nature Conservation Society Amravati (NCSA) government. www.satpuda.org submitted to the Supreme Court. After years of delay, this is This year in Tadoba and Pench (MP), 410 gobar gas a significant victory. © www.tigersintheforest.com units were maintained, 650 units were repaired, and repair work was expanded within Kanha’s periphery. Founded on principles of transparent, egalitarian In another case, the declaration of Ecosensitive Zone In Kanha, training of local youths in unit maintenance collaboration, the SLTP programme is unique in Notifications for the PAs in Maharashtra will restrict took place and a survey of 119 villages and 1,400 development and is being closely followed through meetings Satpuda Foundation (SF) four significant ways: houses was carried out, to assess the suitability for with the Maharashtra Forest Department and the Ministry of www.satpuda.org/ncsa various alternative fuel solutions. Environment and Forests (MoEF). The MoEF has committed • SLTP promotes a close working relationship between to making the draft notifications available before they are small NGOs, local people and Tiger Reserve directors, and LEGAL ACTION finalized, and this provides a valuable opportunity to improve encourages the sharing of experiences and best practice CAT has continued to follow up on the Supreme Court outcomes. case regarding the Forest Rights Act which was created Tiger Research and Conservation Trust (TRACT) between these stakeholders. to empower tribal people through the granting of land The Maharashtra Forest Department is again attempting to • SLTP addresses all of the primary threats to tigers, www.tractindia.org rights, but has instead inadvertently placed India’s denotify about 90,000 hectares of forest land known as allowing a holistic approach to how best to tackle them. forests in grave danger. However, the Supreme Court the Zudpi Jungles, on the grounds that they are unable to • SLTP funding flows directly to field level activities, recently passed an order asking that all claims be protect smaller patches of forest land - CAT is opposing this Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) ensuring that a little really does go a long way. verified independently, and that a report should be with the help of SF. • SLTP Partners set themselves clear objectives against www.wildcru.org which their performance can be measured. SLTP ANNUAL REPORT April 2014 April 2014 SLTP ANNUAL REPORT EDUCATION a series of tribal dance shows at various locations such as Cases of conflict between tigers and livestock were Education outreach activities included nature camps and resorts was also facilitated. documented and mitigation techniques and the perceptions trails, film shows, bird watching, game drives, lectures, of villagers were monitored. Understanding the conditions nature quiz competitions and teacher training. School SF also assisted in a recruitment drive for fire watchers from which led to the conflict with livestock is critical to education programmes reached more than 16,600 students 41 villages bordering Pench TR by helping villagers through determine ways in which these can be reduced. Cattle kills and 700 teachers around 5 Tiger Reserves and for the first the application process. The work of these teams is critical were checked for poisoning and TRACT helped ensure that time, these activities were begun in the newly protected in preventing and fighting fires, which are very common in livestock owners received timely compensation from the Nagzhira landscape. More than 230 guides were also trained Satpuda’s dry, deciduous forests. Forest Department. in conjunction with Forest Department staff in relevant topics such as species and track sign identification, and CONFLICT
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