Khabarovsk Territory Governor Vyacheslav Shport has approved an action plan for the preservation of the Amur tiger for 2016−2020. Under the plan, measures to increase the tiger population will be taken in eight areas.

One of them provides for redoubling efforts against poachers, including by training more inspectors and by strengthening cooperation with the customs services to prevent the export of tiger skin and derivatives. Steps will also be taken to preserve and rehabilitate the tigers’ habitat.

Other measures include the further development of the animal rehabilitation system, in particular by improving the territory’s animal rehabilitation centre at the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve.