Publication: Smart Green Infrastructure in Tiger Range Countries: A Multi-Level Approach
Date
2010-09
ISSN
Published
2010-09
Author(s)
Quintero, Juan D.
Roca, Roberto
Morgan, Alexis
Mathur, Aradhna
Shi, Xiaoxin
Abstract
This report presents the results of
extensive work of the smart green infrastructure task force
commissioned by the World Bank under the Global Tiger
Initiative (GTI). The report benefited from advice, ideas,
and information about tigers and tiger-friendly
infrastructure development from staff at the World Bank, and
from several institutions that promote tiger and
biodiversity conservation throughout the world. This study
addresses infrastructure's impacts on tigers at
international, national, sectoral and project levels in
combination with the mitigation hierarchy which is based on
avoidance, mitigation, minimization and compensation of
impacts. It examines infrastructure policy challenges and
opportunities, using lessons learned from case studies,
along with regional and in-country analyses. While there are
opportunities for improvement in all countries, Russia,
India, Bhutan, and Nepal has, in particular, developed good
foundations for tiger-related conservation, planning, and
policy efforts. Best practices, drawn from case studies in
non-tiger range countries, provide additional insights into
infrastructure practices that could benefit tiger
populations. Avoiding Tiger Conservation Landscapes (TCLs)
is the best and cheapest option available to all parties for
saving wild tigers.
Citation
“Quintero, Juan D.; Roca, Roberto; Morgan, Alexis; Mathur, Aradhna; Shi, Xiaoxin. 2010. Smart Green Infrastructure in Tiger Range Countries : A Multi-Level Approach. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27751 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”