Tiger conservation efforts provide hope for recovery, assessment finds
The first IUCN Green List Status of Species assessment, co-authored by SoGE's Dr Molly Grace, finds tiger populations are "Critically Depleted" - but conservation provides hope for recovery across the tiger’s range.
Co-author Dr Molly Grace (Departmental Lecturer at SoGE and Co-Chair of the IUCN Green Status of Species Working Group) said,
This first Green Status assessment for the tiger provides a formal record of conservation success in preventing even greater past declines.
Tigers have been listed as "Endangered" for decades, but the Green Status assessment shows that this isn't the whole story; conservation efforts have worked, and there is realistic hope for recovery of tigers in the future.”
The IUCN Green Status of Species framework complements the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by assessing recovery and conservation impact alongside extinction risk. The assessment found that tigers remain heavily dependent on conservation efforts. Without conservation action over the past decades, tigers would likely would have faced extinction across most of their range.
Tiger conservation efforts provide hope for recovery, assessment finds
The first IUCN Green List Status of Species assessment, co-authored by SoGE's Dr Molly Grace, finds tiger populations are "Critically Depleted" - but conservation provides hope for recovery across the tiger’s range.
