Global Tiger Recovery Program
The global tiger recovery program is the plan thrashed out at the St. Petersberg International Tiger Forum (‘Tiger Summit’), on November 21–24, 2010. Putin was present (good for his image). The meeting was a response to the continuing failure of "Tiger Range Countries" (TRC - countries in which the tiger lives) to stop the gradual decline of the world tiger population. The 13 TRC's agree the contents of the program. You can see the document by clicking on this link . It is a large document - too large in my humble opinion - and takes ages to load. As it is so large, in this post, I will focus on one area; what the TRCs propose to do to reduce and/or stop poaching of tigers. Poaching is probably the second most important factor in the loss of tigers in the wild after loss of habitat. The thirteen TRCs are as follows, and a summary of what they intend to do follows the country's name: People’s Republic of Bangladesh - they intend to "deploy" people to ...