ZSL's Conservation in Thailand

Conservati on in Thailand Our Conservation Programmes in Asia Asia is the world’s largest continent, with natural landscapes ranging from the Himalayas to the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia. It is also a continent of immense change. ZSL’s Conservation Programme in Asia works across the region to build capacity and monitor flagship species such as tigers, pangolins, Asian elephants and rhinos. Our in-situ landscape conservation work is defined by a holistic approach where we engage people ranging from local communities to international corporations, minimizing human impacts and ensuring sustainable co-existence with nature in an ever more crowded world. Asian elephants once We are working to secure roamed across Asia; now, the future of Asian rhinos they exist in isolated threatened by growing populations in close contact human populations through with humans. We are capacity building capacity in working with governments local communities to help and communities to mitigate protect these large mammals human-elephant conflict. and their native habitats. More than one million Tiger habitat loss and poaching pangolins, the most illegally across Asia is happening at traded mammal, are estimated an alarming rate. We are to have been taken from the working across the region to wild in the past decade. We protect their habitats, prevent are working to scale up their poaching and engage local conservation across Asia. communities. Conservation in Thailand 2 Conservation in Thailand Since 2005, the Zoological Society of as well as monitoring to increase London (ZSL) has been working with local knowledge of threatened species such as partners, communities, and the Thai the Asian elephant, Indochinese tiger and Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Sunda pangolin. Through our approach, Plant Conservation (DNP) in and around we aim to ensure the viability of wildlife the southern part of the Western Forest populations, prevent and mitigate human- Complex and in Khlong Nakha Wildlife wildlife conflict and promote support Sanctuary (southern Thailand). We focus for conservation at the community and on capacity-building to strengthen law national levels. enforcement and community engagement, Conservation in Thailand 3 Highlights • Since 2015 ZSL has documented five tigers in areas where no recent records had existed. • In 2015, we increased patrolling activities by 40%, covering around 9,000km². • Our camera trapping efforts have captured evidence of pangolin presence and reproduction in the Khlong Nakha Wildlife Sanctuary. • 70% of rangers in Khlong Nakha Wildlife Sanctuary have been trained in pangolin sign identification. © D Species and Habitats a n C h Using camera trapping technology and a l l e n d transect sampling techniques, we are e r / / C P C monitoring populations and conducting P threat assessments for Indochinese tigers, Asian elephants and the understudied Sunda pangolin. We are also quantifying suitable habitats for our three priority species to inform protection plans and highlight the need for effective, well- protected corridors to be established. Conservation in Thailand 4 to wildlife and habitats by identifying Landscape and Protected illegal natural resource extraction and Area Management poaching. By coordinating SMART across ZSL is providing technical support to our Conservation Landscape, we are able the DNP to strengthen protected area to standardize and compare data and management enabling managers to improve enforcement effectiveness. make informed decisions about resource allocation. Communities ZSL works with communities to tackle Protection the human-elephant conflict that We are working with the DNP and threatens both livelihoods and elephant Protected Area managers to strengthen conservation. We are collecting and patrolling activities, data collection, analysing data from elephant crop- management, and analyses. Through the raiding events to help farmers make implementation of Spatial Monitoring informed land-use decisions that minimize And Reporting Tool (SMART), our patrols conflict. Our work also encourages local are able to improve law enforcement communities to collaborate with protected and prioritise site-based activities. area staff in improving sustainable We are also able to assess the threat conservation activities. Conservation in Thailand 5 About ZSL Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a world leader in wildlife conservati on, science and educati on. Our mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservati on of animals and their habitats. Through our eff orts, we guide and enable others all across the world. Protecti ng, educati ng and inspiring – working for wildlife. As a charity we have acti ve conservati on projects in over 50 countries together with our two UK Zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. For more informati on, please visit our website: zsl.org/conservati on/regions/asia Or please contact us at: [email protected].

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