Good news is sometimes hard to find in the conservation arena. But our recent paper in Science Advances (Tracking Change and Preventing Loss in Critical Tiger Habitats) shows that there still is enough room in Asian jungles for the global wild tiger population to double in size and perhaps twenty years hence even triple. It requires maintaining vital forest corridors connecting tiger reserves, continued protection, recovery of tiger prey, smart green infrustructure, incentives for communities living around tiger reserves, and political commitment. Our tiger monitoring and tiger habitat alert system will be presented at a major tiger conference in Delhi on April 14th. Thanks to Google Earth Engine, Matt Hansen's lab at U. of Maryland, WRI's Global Forest Watch, and our team at BWS, Resolve. Let's save tigers and wild Asia!
(the link to the paper is embedded in the article below).
Tech for Tigers: keeping tabs on forest habitat to conserve an iconic cat
Satellite analysis reveals tiger habitats are more intact than expected; an area large enough to double the wild tiger population remain