2022-2023 Update

Thanks to these measures, in the last few years tigers have been documented to be breeding in Thailand again. The tigers are also now dispersing eastwards to areas where they were previously extirpated.

Although the population of this forest complex is only small, there are promising signs that the population is doing well, with three incidents of tiger breeding recorded in 2022-2023. Furthermore, no cases of tiger poaching within the complex were recorded during the last year, suggesting the population may have increased since the last large-scale survey, which was over four years ago. This is promising, considering the importance of this population for the survival of this isolated subspecies.

During the last year, Freeland Foundation continued to implement an outreach programme for schools around the forest complex to sensitise people to tigers and tiger conservation In total, 18 schools were visited, and 1,317 students reached during 2022-2023. A further two schools in neighbouring Cambodia were also reached. The outreach programme is also aimed at the wider community, with ten villages and more than 100 people engaged during the year.

Freeland provide training to rangers on patrolling techniques, data collection and law enforcement. A total of 40 rangers were provided with on-the-job training during the