{"id":368938,"date":"2026-08-05T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368938"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:12:01","slug":"clouded-leopard-conservation-action-plan-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/clouded-leopard-conservation-action-plan-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p>News: The Centre has launched a Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP), outlining measures across Northeast India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP)<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wii.gov.in\/uploads\/topics\/17858257936698.png?resize=210%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Conservation Action Plan for Clouded Leopard \" width=\"210\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>India has launched <strong>Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP) <\/strong>on the occasion of<strong> International Clouded Leopard Day,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> It has been launched outlining measures <strong>to protect habitats, improve scientific monitoring and strengthen community participation<\/strong> for the conservation of the elusive wild cat across Northeast India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> <strong>Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change<\/strong> is nodal ministry for this action plan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preparation:<\/strong> It is prepared under the<strong> India\u2013GEF\u2013UNDP initiative<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Priority Conservation Landscapes:<\/strong> The plan <strong>identifies 14 priority conservation landscapes across the Northeast and proposes landscape-level habitat restoration<\/strong> and corridor conservation to improve connectivity between forest patches.<\/li>\n<li>It also places the <strong>clouded leopard under the Species Recovery Programme of the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH) scheme,<\/strong> providing an institutional framework for long-term conservation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific Monitoring:<\/strong> The action plan <strong>proposes standardised monitoring through camera traps, occupancy surveys, genetic analysis and environmental DNA (eDNA) studies<\/strong> to strengthen scientific assessment of the species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anti-Poaching and Capacity Building:<\/strong> It also calls for <strong>stronger anti-poaching measures and wildlife crime prevention,<\/strong> alongside capacity building of frontline forest staff through training and the u<strong>se of the M-STrIPES smart application for field monitoring.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Participation:<\/strong> The action plan<strong> promotes community-led conservation and sustainable livelihood initiatives.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It also advocates <strong>greater cooperation with neighbouring range countries<\/strong> to facilitate coordinated conservation efforts across the species\u2019 transboundary habitats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transboundary Cooperation:<\/strong> The strategy <strong>incorporates climate resilience and adaptive management into conservation planning<\/strong> to address the long-term impacts of climate change on clouded leopard habitats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Clouded Leopard<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001DI7K.jpg?resize=270%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Clouded Leopard \" width=\"270\" height=\"261\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clouded leopard is a <strong>medium-sized wild cat<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Species classification:<\/strong> <strong>Two distinct<\/strong> species are recognized:\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Mainland Clouded Leopard (<em>Neofelis nebulosa<\/em>)<\/strong>, found <strong>throughout Southeast Asia,<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Sunda Clouded Leopard (<em>Neofelis diardi<\/em>)<\/strong>, which is native to the i<strong>slands of Sumatra and Borneo.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:\u00a0<\/strong>The preferred habitat of the species is <strong>dense evergreen forest,<\/strong> however they are also inhibit other habitats,<strong> like, scrub, grassland, dry tropical forests, mangrove swamps, hill evergreen forest and mixed deciduous forests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Southeast Asia<\/strong> is their <strong>main habitat.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They\u00a0are commonly <strong>found tropical rain forests of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, China.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the<strong> state animal of Meghalaya.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They got their name<strong> from the clouds like pattern on their whole body.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They have a <strong>darker coat color which has smaller and darker cloud markings on them. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> fur color includes yellow to brown,<\/strong> which makes them darker.<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>can hang upside down from branches of trees<\/strong> by making use of their short limbs, broader paws, and sharp nails.<\/li>\n<li>They have the <strong>longest tail among the cats.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet:<\/strong> They are <strong>predatory carnivores<\/strong> with a diverse prey base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat:<\/strong> It faces several threats such as <strong>wildfires, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, illegal poaching, and climate change.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Conservation status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status:<\/strong> <strong>Vulnerable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES:<\/strong> Appendix I<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972:<\/strong> Schedule I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Centre has launched a Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP), outlining measures across Northeast India. About Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP) India has launched Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP) on the occasion of International Clouded Leopard Day, Objective: It has been launched outlining measures to protect habitats, improve scientific monitoring and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/clouded-leopard-conservation-action-plan-cap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan (CAP)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-368938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}