The figures marked the opening of the International Tiger Conservation Conference, a three day meeting following on the heels of the groundbreaking Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP), a worldwide plan to bring the species back from the brink of extinction which was forged in November 2010 at an international
tiger conservation meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia organized by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Not exact matches
India announced the results of its new survey at the first international
meeting on
tiger conservation since the big Russian conclave last fall at which countries with
tiger populations pledged to move from conferences to concrete actions on the ground.
The call came as governments from 13 countries where
tigers exist in the wild
met in Thailand to discuss their
conservation and how to boost
tiger numbers.