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WWF-Malaysia would like to clarify our stance on recent news reports that ‘logging is good for tigers’. As a research-based organisation, we believe in learning and understanding conservation science and its methods.

The 2009 study entitled ‘The importance of selectively logged forests for tiger Panthera tigris conservation: a population density estimate in Peninsular Malaysia’ by D. Mark Rayan and Shariff Wan Mohamad was done to obtain information on density of tigers in selectively logged forests.

It is important to note that the study refers to selective logging, not indiscriminate logging. Selective logging is a forestry practice that only cuts a select number of trees annually in a forest compartment instead of the whole forest at once, in line with Sustainable Forest Management practices.

Ultimately, we believe that pristine, undisturbed forests are the ideal habitat for tigers. Protected areas in the form of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks are necessary.

For more information: https://www.wwf.org.my/?29985/Letter-to-Editor-Pristine-Forests-are-the-Most-Ideal-Habitats-for-Tigers



WWF-Malaysia would like to clarify our stance on recent news reports that ‘logging is good for tigers’. As a research-based organisation, we believe in learning and understanding conservation science and its methods.

The 2009 study entitled ‘The importance of selectively logged forests for tiger Panthera tigris conservation: a population density estimate in Peninsular Malaysia’ by D. Mark Rayan and Shariff Wan Mohamad was done to obtain information on density of tigers in selectively logged forests.

It is important to note that the study refers to selective logging, not indiscriminate logging. Selective logging is a forestry practice that only cuts a select number of trees annually in a forest compartment instead of the whole forest at once, in line with Sustainable Forest Management practices.

Ultimately, we believe that pristine, undisturbed forests are the ideal habitat for tigers. Protected areas in the form of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks are necessary.

For more information: https://www.wwf.org.my/?29985/Letter-to-Editor-Pristine-Forests-are-the-Most-Ideal-Habitats-for-Tigers

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WWF-Malaysia is a national conservation trust that currently runs conversation projects covering a diverse range of environmental protection & nature conservation in Malaysia. Our mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

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