Update: The Global Conservation team provides a detailed report that assesses prey mass for the reintroduction of tigers into the Cardamom Rainforest.

Tigers will return to Cambodia for the first time since they were declared functionally extinct in 2016, in a pioneering reintroduction that will see tigers from India relocated to the Cardamom National Park.

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For the first time in history, four tigers will be relocated from India to Cambodia to breed and re-establish a viable population in the Cardamoms National Park. Tigers need a large, continuous range, abundant prey, and protection from hunting. And GC asses protection for Cardamoms National Park.

Recently, Executive Director Jeff Morgan was featured in Haute’s 100 for his unwavering commitment and tenacity for working to save natural ecosystems globally.

Global Conservation has invested over eight years and millions of dollars to support the protection of Cardamoms National Park, deploying both of GC's signature programs, Global Park Defense and Community Protection.

Asia has lost over 95% of the Tiger’s historical range, and there are less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild. Excluding India and Nepal, the situation is even more dire. The largest forests remain in Myanmar, but these have been poached out, leaving empty forests where the Tiger once roamed freely. No Tigers remain in all of China, Cambodia, Laos, or Vietnam.

Despite its new protected status, illegal land clearing and wildlife poaching continue to threaten Cardamom National Park. Here are our 2022 patrolling results.