Concerted protection and monitoring efforts of tigers in Thailand have resulted in significant population increases, despite challenges around land use. KAMPHAENG PHET, Thailand: A footprint and a pile of animal scat is the spark that sets a group of rangers on a special trek through a vast forest complex in Thailand’s deep west. National park personnel and researchers have traversed undulating dirt trails through thick and dry evergreen forest, home to black bears, elephants, tapirs and