Recently, at the Conference on Sustainable Finance for the Tiger Landscape, Bhutan and the Tiger Conservation Alliance committed to contribute US$1 billion to tiger conservation efforts.

• This commitment reflects the urgent need to tackle the threats facing wild tigers and their habitats.

About the Tiger Conservation Coalition:

1. Vision and Mission:

1. The Tiger Conservation Coalition is a collective of leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to tiger conservation.
2. Their vision is to ensure the long-term presence of viable and ecologically functional wild tiger populations in protected habitats, including representation and links to their indigenous territory.

2. Collaboration and Expertise:

1. The coalition brings together a diverse group of experts, including tiger biologists, wildlife crime specialists, experts in human-wildlife coexistence, policy, finance, development, and communications.
2. This unprecedented alignment of expertise allows for effective and comprehensive tiger conservation at scale.

3. Member Organizations:

The Tiger Conservation Coalition consists of 8 prominent NGOs:

1. Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
2. Fauna & Flora International
3. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
4. Panthera
5. TRAFFIC
6. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
7. Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
8. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

4. Tiger Conservation Landscapes 3.0:

1. The coalition has developed Tiger Conservation Landscapes 3.0, an advanced habitat modeling system.
2. This system measures and monitors changes in tiger habitat in real-time, providing valuable information at range-wide, national, biome, and landscape scales.
3. This work serves as a model for effective habitat monitoring and contributes to achieving conservation goals outlined in various international initiatives and frameworks.

FAQs:

Q1: What is the United Nations (UN)?

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

Purposes:

The UN's main purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.

The UN's 4 pillars:

1. peace and security
2. human rights
3. rule of law
4. development

The United Nations (UN) has 6 main organs:

1. General Assembly (GA): A forum for member states to discuss and make decisions on international issues
2. Security Council (SC): A powerful organ that can be paralyzed
3. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): An organ of the UN
4. Trusteeship Council: An organ that played a significant role in decolonization
5. International Court of Justice (ICJ): An organ of the UN
6. UN Secretariat: An organ of the UN

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