Global Tiger Day 2025 - Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP)

Описание: This Global Tiger Day, IUCN celebrates the people who are central to protecting wild tigers: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs). These communities have lived alongside tigers for generations, stewarding landscapes that sustain not only wildlife, but also water, forests and climate regulation for all. As we mark this day, the message is clear: securing a future for tigers means placing IPLCs at the heart of conservation.

Under the theme “Securing the future of Tigers with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the heart,” this year’s international campaign highlights a growing recognition that conservation efforts are most effective when they are inclusive, equitable, and led by those who know the land best.

Tigers are powerful indicators of ecosystem health. As apex predators, they help maintain balance in nature, which in turn supports biodiversity, regulates climate, and ensures the integrity of rivers and forests. But these tiger habitats are not untouched wilderness. They are home to IPLCs whose knowledge, traditions, and rights must be honoured as part of any lasting solution.

Since 2014, IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP), supported by the German Cooperation via KfW Development Bank, has invested €47.5 million across 33 projects in key tiger range countries, including Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Thailand. This rights-based approach has placed communities at the centre of tiger conservation, ensuring their voices are heard, their livelihoods supported, and their leadership recognized.

The impact is significant. The programme has contributed to the estimated 40% increase in tiger numbers globally between 2015 and 2022. Over 10,500 hectares of tiger habitat have been restored, with more than 500,000 trees planted to help rewild degraded landscapes.

Over 95,000 people—more than half of them women—have directly benefited from the programme, which supports sustainable livelihoods, clean energy solutions, conflict mitigation, and local stewardship of tiger habitats. In addition, over 10,000 people have been trained to strengthen law enforcement and improve the management of tiger habitats, and more than 675,000 people have been reached through awareness-raising activities that promote conservation and human-wildlife coexistence. By aligning conservation goals with community needs, ITHCP is helping to create conditions for long-term coexistence between people and wildlife.