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Visit this site to find out a little about this field project in the tropical dry forest of the Chamela area. The studies specific aims are: 1) confirmation of the presence of the carnivore species that are thought to occur on the study area 2) estimation of their relative abundance 3) estimation of their distribution and habitat preferences in the study area. The researchers hope that their results will provide a solid base upon which to better assess the biodiversity of the Chamela dry forest ecosystem, in the hope of maintaining it for future generations . |
Based in the United Kingdom, The World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information services on every aspect of world conservation. Although they are not directly active in specific conservation projects, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre offers a comprehensive information resource for conservation organisations and projects. For those interested in conservation the WCMC web site contains extensive information on threatened animal and plant species, an up to date version of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals, information on specific projects and details of wild life trade around the world. |
Conservation in Action
Many organisations and groups around the world are actively involved in research, study and conservation of the wildcat species and their ecosystems. On this page are listed just a few who have established Web sites where you can go and learn more about their valuable contribution to world conservation.
Project Tiger In the 1970's the Indian government
aided by 
the WWF (World Wide Fund for
Nature) and the IUCN (World Conservation Union),
initialized Project Tiger with the opening of nine tiger
reserves. Today, the number of tiger reserves in India
has risen to over twenty and their success has meant
that, not only has the Indian tiger population
stabilized, but also many new insights have been gained
into the nature of the tiger in the wild. However
poaching and the erosion of the surrounding habitat still
endangers the Indian Tiger and as in other conservation
areas and reserves, confrontation between local
inhabitants and conservationists regarding the threat to
domestic livestock and man himself still remains a
problem to be resolved.
For further background information on Project Tiger visit the The Arjan Singh Foundation
Feline Conservation CenterFounded in Rosamond in 1977 the Feline Conservation Center is a non-profit organisation run entirely on public donations. Over 50 cats, ranging in size from 7 to 700 pounds, currently live at the compound. The Feline Conservation Center is part of a world-wide network of zoos and facilities dedicated to the preservation of endangered cats, acting as a modern-day ark in the face of human overpopulation and mass extinction of animal species.
Cat
Survival TrustThe Cat Survival Trust was registered as a charity in 1976 and currently has about 45 cats at its headquarters in Hertfordshire, UK. The Trust now concentrates on conserving the entire habitat where cats live and is establishing a reserve in Misiones, Argentina - home to five species of cat - and is hoping to reintroduce the jaguar, which vanished from the area about 80 years ago.
The International Snow
Leopard Trust
The International Snow Leopard Trust is actively involved in the conservation of the snow leopard and its mountain habitat. The International Snow Leopard Trust was established in 1981 and works within Central Asia helping to promote conservation projects within local communities where snow leopards are often killed in retaliation livestock predation and where hunting of the mountain cat for its fur, bones and organs, used in many traditional medicines, is common place.
