What is CLWG?
CLWG is the organized network of conservation partners who work with the local communities to mitigate the threats of clouded leopard, Asiatic golden cat, Marbled cat and their habitats from Nepal to Vietnam in the mainland Asia.
Mission statement of CLWG
The mission of the Clouded Leopard Working Group (CLWG) is to ensure the continued existed of clouded leopards, Asiatic golden cats, Marbled cats and their habitats in mainland Asia.
The mission is achieved by working with and supporting local partners and rural communities to mitigate threats to clouded leopards and their habitats. With all projects we begin by asking two questions: What are the threats to clouded leopards, other wild cats & wildlife, and their habitats? What are we doing to reduce those threats? CLWG works with adults to change the present and with children to change the future.
Conservation, meaning threat reduction, is our primary goal. For example, if clouded leopards, Asiatic golden cats, marbled cats, or leopard cats are being killed for preying on goats or chickens, we work with rural community members to build predator-proof corrals or hen houses. If poaching is an issue, we work with communities to relieve the need to poach. CLWG recognizes that conservation is a social science. We work with people to reduce threats to small cats, other wildlife, and their habitats.
Where CLWG works?
Mainland Asia: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
