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Restoring the Roar to Achanakmar
Guardians Appeal 2025

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Creating a tiger stronghold

Restoring and reconnecting degraded tiger reserves is key to tiger survival, we have a huge opportunity to create an important long-term tiger stronghold in Achanakmar. Will you help us reach the next remarkable milestone in tiger recovery?

WWF Guardians are a dedicated group of individuals committed to making a significant impact. By contributing £1,000 or more annually, they fund specific and vital conservation projects that are instrumental in protecting endangered species, preserving habitats, and safeguarding fragile ecosystems. As a Guardian, you will play a pivotal role in addressing some of the most pressing environmental challenges we face, and you will join a community of like-minded supporters and receive exclusive updates on the impact of your support. Become a WWF Guardian today and help bring our world back to life.

Tiger Recovery

Whilst conservation efforts across Asia have helped to increase wild tiger populations from as few as 3,200 to around 5,500. Tigers are far from safe. Poaching, habitat loss and conflict with humans continues to threaten their recovery. Long term support is imperative to their existence.

Together we can help increase protection and resources to restore vital habitat for tigers, for people and for other wildlife. Enabling tiger recovery across Central India.

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Ripe for Restoration

Achanakmar tiger reserve in Central India has been identified as a crucial tiger recovery region after decades of unsustainable harvesting of forest resources, human-wildlife conflict and poaching have left this area a shadow of its former self.

Achanakmar needs urgent action to restore it. We have a long-term conservation plan to restore the forests and help communities live alongside tigers without conflict. We just need you. 

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"I dream of seeing the forest full of healthy, thriving wild animals"
"I have big hopes for the future of Achanakmar. I want to see a time when the tigers have plenty of space, enough prey to eat, and enough water to drink."
Bhushan Das Manikpuri | Forest guard in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Earning their stripes

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Aiding Biodiversity

Wild tigers are crucial for people, wildlife and our planet. As apex predators, wild tigers play a significant role in controlling herbivore numbers, which could otherwise overgraze and damage forests. This helps maintain a healthy habitat for other wildlife – including leopards, sloth bears and Asian elephants.
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Maintaining A Balance

Tiger landscapes provide ecosystem services that go far beyond their range. The forests help reduce the risk of flooding and landslides whilst hundreds of millions of people rely on the freshwater sources within them. Crucially, the forests and grasslands store vast amounts of carbon, playing a significant role in mitigating climate change.
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Supporting Economies

Well-managed tiger landscapes are vital for Indigenous and local communities as they provide access to natural resources. Nationally, tiger landscapes contribute to economies – both directly through ecotourism and jobs, and indirectly through the provision of ecosystem services.

Championing Tigers

Achanakmar is a crucial tiger landscape with vital connections to some of Central India’s most important tiger reserves. We urgently need to conserve the regions forests for tigers and other wildlife as well as for the Indigenous and local communities who call the reserve home. 

WWF has been working in the region for over a decade, supporting a range of successful conservation projects. Thanks to this, we know what needs to be done in Achanakmar to enable tigers to bounce back. 

This is the start of a critical journey in Central India, and we can’t do it without you.

Bengal tiger laying down with cub

Enabling people & tigers to thrive

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Monitoring & Protection

You can support our ongoing monitoring of tigers and other wildlife to help assess population numbers, identify priority areas, and guide vital conservation efforts.
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Sustainable Livelihoods

You can support sustainable alternative livelihood schemes that provide much-needed income for people whilst protecting the fragile environment.
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Habitat Revitalisation

You can help communities establish crucial regenerative farming methods to restore and revitalise the landscape.

Please help restore Achanakmar's Roar

To achieve significant impact, WWF Guardians donate a minimum of £1,000 to a vitally important programme in urgent need of funding. We invite you to join our exclusive group and become a WWF Guardian today.

"The work we do is crucial for the survival of tigers"
"By helping to protect habitats and vital ecosystems across the Central India Landscape, you can support the communities, tigers and other wildlife that share them."
Upendra Kumar Dubey | WWF-India Senior Field Officer in Achanakmar
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