Editor's Note:

A century ago, some 100,000 tigers roamed the wilderness across much of Asia. But now there are as few as 3,200 tigers living in the world in the Chinese Year of the Tiger, and only 7 percent of their original natural habitat.

As the Year of the Tiger draws to a close on the Chinese lunar calendar, world leaders are gathering in St. Petersburg later this month for the International Forum on Tiger Conservation, convened for the sole purpose of saving the species from extinction.

The conference will gather 13 countries that have tiger populations,?including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russian Federation, Thailand and?Vietnam.

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Nepal hopeful to meet tiger goal	Three new-born South China tigers?

?News:

 

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Facts of Tigers: ? Different subspecies of Tigers ? Threats to Tigers

? Premier calls for concerted efforts to save tigers

??Leonardo DiCaprio commits $1 million to save tiger 

??International Tiger Forum opens in Russia

? Nepali PM leaving to attend int'l tiger convention

??Putin, Wen, other leaders in bid to save the tiger

??Watershed week for tigers around the world

• Russia devotes US$44 mln for Amur tiger protection

??DiCaprio: If we save the tigers, we'll save the planet 

? Human activities still a concern for wild tiger 

? Multi-Million dollars received for protected areas 

? Bangladesh to compensate for damage by wild animals 

? Amur tiger threatened by Russia timber auctions 

? Tiger in Chinese zoo kills gardener 

? Camera catches bulldozer destroying tiger forest 

? Tigers call for roar of support 

? Russia Far East hosts major tiger party

Related Links:

 

 

? International Forum for Tiger Conservation

??International Biodiversity Year 

? WWF China 

? Save China's Tigers