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India and Cambodia have pushed their tiger reintroduction programme from 2025 to 2028, it was reported on 15 September 2026, after habitat assessments found too little natural prey in the Cardamom landscape.
Bengal tigers from India are to be released in Cardamom (Krâvanh) National Park in south-western Cambodia, where tigers were declared extinct in 2016.
The programme stems from an India-Cambodia MoU on biodiversity conservation and sustainable wildlife management signed on 12 November 2022.
The focus before 2028 is on rebuilding prey and removing snares through patrols and law enforcement.
Last confirmed camera-trap image of a tiger in Cambodia
Tigers declared extinct in Cambodia; Cardamom National Park established
India-Cambodia MoU on biodiversity conservation and sustainable wildlife management signed
Reintroduction reported deferred from 2025 to 2028
Cambodia, capital Phnom Penh, borders Thailand, Laos and Vietnam and opens onto the Gulf of Thailand. The Mekong flows through it from Laos to Vietnam. The central plain surrounds Tonle Sap lake, whose flow reverses seasonally with the Mekong. The Dângrêk Mountains lie to the north, and the Cardamom and Elephant Mountains to the south-west, where Phnom Aôral (about 1,813 m) is the highest peak.
Khmer-era Hindu-Buddhist temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.
India and Cambodia are both members of this 2000 initiative with Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Cambodia joined ASEAN in 1999, making it a partner in India's Act East Policy.
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Releasing a species into part of its former range where it has gone extinct.
The density of prey animals a habitat holds, which sets how many predators it can support.
Cambodia's great lake, which fills from the Mekong in the monsoon and drains back in the dry season.