Three years on patrol – protecting Tiger in the Eastern Plains of Cambodia

Presented by: Craig Bruce, Protected Area and Enforcement Specialist – WWF Tiger Initiative

Crystallizing the Cambodian enforcement experience.

Some challenges are universal

Acknowledging contexts do differ and models need to be adapted.

Underrated and unappreciated

The plight of enforcement rangers is sadly similar. They remain underpaid, under equipped, poorly trained and generally poorly led.

These are the men and women we ask to put their lives on the line everyday in the conservation war.

Nothing new under the sun

It not rocket science proved solutions often work best.

Effective protection cannot be achieved without patrols on the ground.

Some other simple things

Discipline, training and motivation.

Passionate leaders.

Strategically planned patrols.

Monitoring

Engage the legal system

Intelligence

Some things the rangers can’t changeLack of understanding and wariness about

enforcement.

Enforcement the single most important factor.

The bad news about cyclic funding.

Who steps into the gap.

In the end or is it really the beginning

Enforcement a conservation cost.

An attitude change the willingness to engage.

Increasing level of threat = better protection.

Ability to measure effectiveness of enforcement.

Co-opt the judiciary

Expand and use intelligence

The way forward for Tigers

Local information gathering(proactive

intervention)

Effective legal action at judiciary

levelOther

management interventions e.g.

CET, SF and research

Monitored enforcement

efforts•MIST

Effective planned strategic

enforcement

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Landscape Approach

(enforcement)

Broad information

gathering e.g. trade and markets

MIST the things we can measure

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PATROL DAY

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The recipeTo save tiger we have to be willing and able to train, motivate, empower, equip and inspire the people who

protect tiger.

Thank you