Operation Amba
Operation Amba is the codename of a Russian programme[1] to curtail the poaching of Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East.[2][3] The name "Operation Amba" derived from "Amba", the name for tiger used by the Udegai people of the Russian Far East.
Operation Amba was described as a strategic defence of the tiger with Psychological operations as a major element.[4] It was concentrated on identifying and neutralizing tiger traders in the Russian Far East[4] and used small anti-poaching teams to roam the taiga and build a network among local population for support and information.[2]
Operation Amba is credited for bringing the Siberian tiger back from the brink of extinction in the mid-1990s.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ John Seidensticker, Peter Jackson, Sarah Christie (1999). Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-dominated Landscapes. Cambridge University Press. pp. p232. ISBN 0521648351.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b John Seidensticker, Peter Jackson, Sarah Christie (1999). Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-dominated Landscapes. Cambridge University Press. pp. p235. ISBN 0521648351.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Highlighted grants Turner Foundation, Inc.
- ^ a b Valmik Thapar, Permanent Black (2006). Saving Wild Tigers 1900-2000: The Essential Writings. Orient Longman. pp. p347. ISBN 8178241501.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Steve Galster Wildlife Alliance
- ^ The People Orangutan.com
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