The Sumatran Tiger Trust
Registered Charity No 1082186 (UK)

2007 - a completely new exciting programme of activities and protection and we need you to help us continue to make it the most successful Tiger Protection Programme as it has been for the past 10 years, With the most experienced Tiger Protection and Education team in Indonesia.

”Together…! Save the Sumatran Tiger”

The Disappearing forests

Protected areas – mainland Sumatra (source MoF)

  Sumatran forest cover 1997 (Source MoF/World Bank 2000)

Estimated carrying capacity of forest blocks for tigers based on 1997 forest cover (Source STCP)

Forest Cover in Riau and surrounding areas
1980 :   1990 :  2000  :   2007

  (Source WCMC); (Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP); (Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP); (Source: STCP, MoF)

Forest cover and land-use plan in Riau and adjoining areas c.2000 
(Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP; MoF)

 Forest loss 1990-2000 in the vicinity of Senepis proposed national park
 (Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP)

 Proposed Senepis-Buluhala National Park 
(Source: PHKA; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP)

 Tiger conservation units in Riau and adjoining areas 
(Source: Wikramanayake et al.1999, Riding the tiger: Tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes)

 Forest loss 1990-2000 in the vicinity of TNBT and proposed extension areas 
(Source: Interpretation of Landsat images STCP)

TNBT and surrounding concessions 
(Source: MoF)

 TNBT, surrounding concessions, and forest cover 
(Source: MoF; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP )

 TNBT, surrounding concessions, and forest cover 
(Source: MoF; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP; SRTM )

 TNBT, surrounding concessions, and forest cover 
(Source: MoF; Interpretation of Landsat images STCP; SRTM )

Latest News

20 August 2007  World's first for tiger conservation  Translocated conflict tiger fitted with GPS collar - FIRST! MORE

18.07.07 2 Tigers caught by new cameras in wknp .. just 2 days after installing new cameras (supplied by STT) in Way Kambas 2 new tigers have been captured on film.... MORE

06.06.07  New tiger photos just in  captured on remote camera   MORE  

06.06.07 Second school opens - funded by STT MORE

01.06.07 Motorbikes funded by STT in use in the field MORE

23.05.07 Annual Report Way Kambas NP...MORE

08.05.07  Teams receive New essential equipment-motorbikes funded by STT Pics

08.05.07... workshop for the local communities... MORE 

30.04.07   Annual report Bukit Tigapuluh NP   Revealing the Mystery of Bukit Tigapuluh NP  MORE

Senepis- Latest 16/4/07 Government create corridor to Dumai causing major problems in Senepis...MORE

7/4/07 Protecting the tiger faced mushroom - rare rafflesia monitoring... MORE

A Week On Patrol In Bukit Duabelas National Park... More

Senepis - Latest news including:
Tiger spotted in village - capture attempted. MORE

Nov 2006 Drought Crisis in Way Kambas NP more

Datai village - Latest news and pics... including first ever letter from village child taught to read and write by the teacher funded by STT...More

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