GO TO THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, in an area of remote and rare tropical forest, longtime untouched, recently declared as "hotspot of biodiversity", and which is house to more than 74 endangered species on the IUCN red list.
But unfortunately in the past 10 years it has become the target of wildlife trafficking that mainly feeds traditional medicine trade. It's in those areas - not easily accessible - where hunters lay their traps.
But unfortunately in the past 10 years it has become the target of wildlife trafficking that mainly feeds traditional medicine trade. It's in those areas - not easily accessible - where hunters lay their traps.
UNDERSTAND how ethnic minorities of hunter-gatherers, who receive no help from anyone and who live in extreme poverty, have been pushed to hunting tiger: the legendary founding spirit of their culture.
REACT because they seek help to get out of this dead end. This consists of establishing cooperation with the villagers that will bring them development alternatives, a guarantee to future for themselves and their environment.
HALT THE DEMANDS at the other end of the chain by meeting traditional practitioners who prescribe parts of wild aminals; and by working out with them herbal alternatives.
Our current mission is based in a village in the north-eastern forest of Cambodia.
FIGURES
Our programme:- WATER: drilling wells to bring drinking water and improve the healthcare status
- CULTURES: fertilization of soil and development of market gardens
- BREEDING: development of cattle and livestock care
- EDUCATION: awareness courses for the protection of tiger and fauna (children and adult)
- ZONE PROTECTION: training of park rangers and implementation of ecotourism management by villagers
- INFORMATION CAMPAIGN: with traditional medicine practitioners for a wide dissemination on the threat to the tigers and wildlife.
