Long Term Strategic Goal By 2022, tiger meta-population in Bhutan thrives and co-exists harmoniously with people through

habitat conservation and compatible development activities and livelihoods. Priority Components Habitat and species conservation Integrating tiger conservation and rural livelihoods Institutional capacity building Sustainable inancing mechanisms Objective 1: To establish a nationwide monitoring program or tigers and prey !ctivities: ! nationwide tiger and prey surveys to establish baseline based on camera trapping and occupancy"distance surveys ! #stablish routine monitoring protocols or tigers, preys, and habitats $%IS&' "#pected o$tcomes ! (ational baseline and database to assess the status o Bhutan)s tiger population Objective %: To classi y and de ine tiger habitat at a landscape scale in &h$tan !ctivities ! Identi y and delineate tiger habitats in landscape ! #stablish management *ones ! +eview , revise corridors in light o tiger distribution ! -evelop tool to assess impacts o development pro.ects on tiger habitats ! /ssess impacts o climate change on tiger habitat and land use "#pected o$tcomes ! 0onservation and management o a tiger meta-population in Bhutan ! 1roactive measures to prevent impacts rom development pro.ects on tiger habitats in the protected areas and corridors ! / pro.ection o the impact o climate change on tiger habitat or adaptation strategies Objective ': Participatory management o tiger habitats !ctivities ! -evelop community-based natural resource management programs in the protected areas $e2g2, community orestry' ! -evelop .oint anti-poaching programs and intelligence networ3s with the communities "#pected o$tcomes ! 0ommunity stewardship or tiger conservation ! Sustainable natural resources or the local communities

(ational Tiger )ecovery Plan *(T)P+ Cont,d Objective -: Strengthen trans.bo$ndary conservation lin/ages !ctivities ! %onitor cross border movement o animals ! Set up cross border administrative coordination mechanisms or .oint patrolling, intelligence sharing, and policing or wildli e trade "#pected o$tcomes ! %eta-population lin3s between tigers in India and Bhutan ! +educed 3illing, tra ic3ing, and trade o tigers Objective 0: Strengthen anti.poaching and wildli e en orcement !ctivities ! Strengthen anti-poaching and wildli e en orcement with the (ature 0onservation -ivision as the coordinating body ! Strengthen intelligence networ3s $including at community levels' with database or poachers2 ! -evelop lin3s with 0ustoms, 1olice, /rmed 4orces, 5udiciary, and B/4+/ $Bhutan /griculture and 4ood +egulatory /uthority' "#pected o$tcomes ! +educed 3illing and trade o tiger parts and derivatives Objective 1: To provide alternative orest reso$rce $se practices to red$ce anthropogenic press$re on tigers and tiger habitat. !ctivities ! 1rovide alternative energy sources $especially biogas in lowlands' to reduce uel wood consumption ! -evelop better odder and pasture, and herd management to reduce gra*ing pressure and livestoc3 depredation ! 1romote and help start up community-based eco"nature tourism operations $tre3s, accommodation, guides, produce etc' ! Initiate a micro-credit scheme or inancing and supporting rural livelihoods and micro-enterprise pro.ect start-up ! 1#S6 compensate local communities rom revenue rom hydroschemes and other pro.ects or conserving habitat and ecosystem services ! 1romote micro-enterprise schemes $mushroom cultivation, medicinal plant growing and sustainable harvest, etc2' ! Implement awareness program on the lin3s between ecosystem services, sustainable resource availability, and tiger conservation2 ! Implement community-based livestoc3 insurance program ! Human wildli e coexistence education and awareness programs "#pected o$tcomes ! 7reater awareness o conservation needs and actions ! 0ommunity stewardship or tiger conservation with less habitat degradation ! Sustainable livelihoods and better livestoc3 management practices ! +educed human-tiger con lict and greater tolerance to depredations

(ational Tiger )ecovery Plan *(T)P+ Cont,d Objective 2: To enhance instit$tional capacity o the 3o4PS to deal with the national par/ and wildli e protection iss$es. !ctivities ! Synchroni*e and enhance mandates o existing units $-ivision, national par3s, programs' o the -o41S or intra-unit lin3ages ! Strengthen -o41S partnerships with other relevant government sectors $law en orcement agencies, national environment commission, 89I0#, (+&I, (7:, ;ocal communities, B&4#0, etc2' ! +ecruit, train, and provide logistical support to -o41 ield sta "#pected o$tcomes ! -o41S capable o developing and e ectively executing wildli e"biodiversity conservation programs and pro.ects Objective 5: To have an 6ntegrated 4inancing Plan7Strategy by the end o %818711 !ctivities ! 1repare a inancing strategy"plan with range o activities or tiger recovery program, including expected impact, cost and und sources2 ! -onor %apping - external"traditional donors ! #xplore innovative inancing sources $e2g2, payments"revenue rom hydro and ecotourism, carbon trade rom orest and alternative energy sources, biodiversity credits, 1#S etc2' ! %ainstream tiger conservation plans into the national and local plans ! 0reate synergy through harmoni*ation o related activities "#pected o$tcomes ! 0onservation activities implemented as per plan2

(ational Tiger )ecovery Plan *(T)P+ Cont,d Policy Gaps 4inali*e 1rotected /reas and 9ildli e /ct Bilateral policy and %o8 between India and Bhutan or collaborative management o transboundary protected areas &ourism policies to bene it local communities through ecotourism 1olicy or decentrali*ation"co-management o conservation areas involving local communities and local institutions Intelligence sharing within Bhutan and in region 1#S integrated into overall government conservation policies and acts2 4ramewor3s or 1#S, access and bene it sharing, and carbon trading Capacity Gaps &raining or conservation"1/ sta or tiger surveys, data analysis, and monitoring &raining or communities in participatory management and antipoaching 9ildli e intelligence networ3s 7IS and database management 0apacity building or partner law en orcement agencies $customs, police, B/4+/' -evelop better coordination within -o41S to execute national par3 and wildli e conservation program Sta/eholders Bhutan 7overnment6 political will and support crucial 9946 critical role in bringing in unds or tiger conservation activities 8(-16 unds pro.ects related to reducing human-tiger con licts B&4#06 unds many activities related to tiger conservation 0I&#S, &+/44I0, and S/9#(6 curbing trade o tiger parts"derivates Bhutan 4oundation, 9orld Ban3, Helvetas, S-S, 7&I, 7&4, 1anthera 4oundation, S&4, -anida, 7&<, etc2 ;aw en orcement agencies (7:s and local community groups

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Costs/budgets
Activity (combined for objectives) 1. Nationwide surveys for tigers and prey 2. Classifying & zoning tiger core areas (PAs corridors! #. Participatory $anage$ent of tiger %a&itats '. (trengt%en trans)&oundary conservation lin*age ". (trengt%en anti)poac%ing and wildlife enforce$ent +. Alternative forest resource use practices for local co$$unities ,. -n%ancing institutional capacity of .o/P( 0. Preparing sustaina&le financing plan strategy TOTAL (over 5-8 yrs) Costs 1,000,000 1,"00,000 "00,000 100,000 #00,000 1,"00,000 1,#00,000 12,000 6,212,000