© Chris Martin Bahr / WWF-Canon
This $12.7 million GEF project focuses on the critical habitats of
big cats in the Russian Federation: the Amur tiger, snow leopard,
Persian leopard and Far Eastern leopard. The project will conserve
unique landscapes within the Altai-Sayan, North Caucasus and Amur
regions, which are critical for the survival of these rare species. The
project will invest in federal and regional government bodies,
scientific institutions, businesses, NGOs and local communities that are
cooperating to establish sustainable habitat management regimes. It
will also support the improvement of legislation and law enforcement at
federal and local levels to protect the big cats’ habitats.
Additionally, the project will help to develop international
collaboration on monitoring big cat populations and work with
neighboring countries to combat poaching and illegal trade.
Source: the WWF
Source: the WWF
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