In this - the year of the tiger - a number of prominent environmentalists from around the world will meet in Bali next month to draft plans they hope will ensure the survival of one of the most highly regarded species on the planet.
The global population of tigers is a little more than 3,000, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
That number stood at about 100,000 at the turn of the twentieth century.
“We are hoping that there can be a conservation program that will be carried out by 13 countries that are home to tigers,” Nazir Foead, the director of governance, community and corporate engagement at WWF Indonesia said Friday in Jakarta.
Nazir said the leaders of these countries would meet in Russia later this year to discuss the proposal, adding that the program was also seeking support from other countries.
The Bali meeting, he said, would attempt to unify the efforts of tiger states to protect the species as well as follow up ideas raised at meetings in Hua Hin in January and in Kathmandu last year.
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