The first “ASIA Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation: Enforcement, Trade, Landscapes and Financing,” was held from 27-30 January 2010, in Hua Hin, Thailand.
The conference gathered representatives from tiger range States, including 12 Asian countries and Russia.
According to reports, the meeting adopted a declaration including a target to double the number of tigers by […]
The first “ASIA Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation: Enforcement, Trade, Landscapes and Financing,” was held from 27-30 January 2010, in Hua Hin, Thailand.
The conference gathered representatives from tiger range States, including 12 Asian countries and Russia. According to reports, the meeting adopted a declaration including a target to double the number of tigers by 2022, as well as measures to protect core tiger habitats, buffer zones and corridors, reduce poaching through improved law enforcement, and minimize human-tiger conflicts through job creation programmes. The declaration will be considered for approval by Heads of State at a meeting to be held in September 2010, in Vladivostok, Russia.
Links to further information
Conference website
New York Times, 29 January 2010