Thailand is the Last Chance for Tiger's Survival in Southeast Asia
Global Conservation is funding a major effort to remove poachers and illegal logging from the Thap Lan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
After many years of poaching and illegal removal of rosewood, the toll on tigers and their prey in Thap Lan is becoming desperate.
Thap Lan World Heritage and its adjacent parks are one of the last refuges for tigers in the Eastern Forest Complex of Thailand.
Global Conservation is supporting WCS Thailand and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife of Thailand to eliminate illegal wildife poaching and logging to achieve 'No Kill, No Cut' in Thap Lan.
Global Conservation is investing in training, technology and systems for the Thap Lan National Park through a multi-year Global Park Defense program.
With support of the military and the Global Conservation-funded program, Thap Lan Park Authority under the leadership of the Park Director and lead rangers in the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Thailand, illegal logging and poaching is being targeted and the park is now getting control of its borders and core threat areas.
With no known tigers now left in Cambodia or Vietnam, and only a few in Laos and Myanmar, Thailand is the last bastion for the endangered species.
See the Q1-Q2 2016 Progress Report on SMART Patrols in Thap Lan.
Highlights from 2016 include:
Cutting-edge Laser Technology Uncovers Secrets of Maya Holy City
Over the last few years, Global Conservation has been involved in the deployment of new technology that is revolutionizing archaeology. With our support, scientists from the Mirador Basin Project have used the Light Detection and Ranging Tool, known as LiDAR, to uncover thousands of ancient Maya temples, pyramids and city complexes deep in the jungles of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala.
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Battling Cambodia's Wildlife Snaring Crisis in Cardamom National Park
Over the past decade, snares, which are traps made of wire or rope, have become the biggest threat to wildlife in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. That’s why the work of our partner, Wildlife Alliance (WA), is so critical. WA has a team of 110 rangers who work tirelessly to remove snares from Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains. Read about their work to protect wildlife over the past 3 years.
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Tech for Parks: Carbon for Forests
Global Conservation’s Carbon for Forests is the first forest-based carbon offset program which directly funds the protection and restoration of tropical forests, using advanced satellite monitoring combined with ISO-standard monitoring and verification.
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Cardamom National Park, Cambodia Progress Report, 2019-2020
Global Conservation is supporting the non-profit Wildlife Alliance to deploy new technologies for increasing the effectiveness of forest and wildlife protection in Cardamom National Park, Cambodia. In 2019 and the first part of 2020, Wildlife Alliance has made substantial progress toward accomplishing their objectives.
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