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| Price | : | RM 10.00 |
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| Brand | : | MaybankHeart |
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Product Description
About the Campaign
The Malayan tiger, once thriving, now faces extinction with fewer than 150 tigers left. WWF-Malaysia is committed to protecting these majestic creatures, symbols of our national pride. The support is vital in this race against time to save our remaining tigers.
Pledged Amount & Breakdown
The campaign aims to purchase GPS Device that enable rangers to monitor tiger movements, patrol efficiently, define boundaries, and respond swiftly to threats, ensuring the safety of both tigers and humans.
The purchase of the devices will help in the conservation efforts as per below:
Risk & Challenges
The tiger species has been threatened for many years throughout their range due to several reasons. Historically, they have been hunted for sport, killed due to conflict with humans and poached for their body parts. They are also threatened with habitat loss, fragmentation and poaching. With the demand for tiger parts continually rising, the most urgent and critical threat to the Malayan tiger is poaching and the illegal wildlife trade. The rising affluence of Asian countries, especially China, has also made tiger derivatives affordable to a wider market, thus increasing the demand of this commodity. Habitat loss due to deforestation and fragmentation also contribute to their population decline. These smaller populations are more prone to local extinction due to poaching pressures as well as inbreeding, which affect their genetic viability. Overhunting of the tigers’ main prey can also affect the population of tigers in the forest. The more prey is hunted, the less the food for the tigers, forcing them to venture out of the forest to seek sustenance, leading to increased incidents of human-tiger conflict.
Campaign Description/Rational of the campaign
The partnership between Maybank Foundation and WWF-Malaysia for the past 7 years in Royal Belum State Park has finally come to a peak with the achievement of CA|TS (Conservation Assured Tiger Standards) accreditation. We are also proud to share that Royal Belum State Park is the first state park in Southeast Asia to be CA|TS accredited. Learn more about this key achievement for tiger conservation here. Rangers play a crucial role in tiger conservation, and GPS devices are indispensable tools for their work. Our rangers use GPS devices to monitor tiger movements accurately. By tracking their locations, they can identify key habitats, migration routes, and potential conflict areas.
Other than that, the technology from the GPS helps our rangers to patrol vast areas efficiently. They can mark poaching incidents, track poachers’ movements, and respond swiftly to threats. Real-time data ensures timely interventions. Tiger habitats often overlap with human settlements. With the help of a GPS device, it allows them to define and monitor boundaries, reducing human-tiger conflicts as well as collect data on tiger behaviour, population dynamics, and habitat use. GPS coordinates also help create accurate maps and inform conservation strategies. And in emergencies, such as injured tigers or conflict situations, these devices guide our rangers to the exact location for rescue or intervention.
In the 1950s, there were an estimated 3,000 Malayan tigers in Malaysia. Today, its numbers have seen a drastic drop to fewer than 150 individuals. The Malayan tiger is now officially listed as Critically Endangered under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which is alarming as this majestic creature, which proudly flanks our Jata negara, is the iconic symbol of national pride for all Malaysians. To lose the tiger to extinction is akin to losing our national pride and identity. WWF-Malaysia is committed to protecting our Malayan tigers. Will you help save our remaining tigers?
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