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The Tiger Protection Awards Program
(Legal aid and law enforcement support) - India
In the face of rampant poaching of Bengal tigers, persistent and illegal
habitat destruction, and an ineffective legal system, The Tiger Foundation
and its Indian partner, Tiger Trust, propose to initiate an unprecedented
law enforcement assistance program. Our objective is to provide highly
qualified legal aid as well as financial and material support, as well
as monetary awards to the park rangers and police officers that work
on the front lines of India's war against wildlife poachers. Our initial
target area is centered around the magnificent Bandhavgarh and Sanjay
National Parks and the forest corridor that lies between them. This
area is home to a uniquely diverse ecosystem and to one of the largest
un-fragmented tiger populations on Earth. It is clearly one of the last
and most promising sustainable tiger habitats that remains anywhere;
a vast but threatened forest where wild tigers should be able to survive
in perpetuity. (Beginning in 2001, initially across Madhya Pradesh State,
India.) - Maiden 2001-2002 budget: US$209,000.
 
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