Amid growing apprehension, conservationists at the International Tiger Forum are still awaiting a sign that governments are willing to turn words into action to save the world’s 3,200 remaining wild tigers from possible extinction and fear the meeting may close without essential commitments being made by Asia’s leaders
The International Tiger Coalition welcomes Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s convening of world leaders at the International Tiger Conservation Forum and, in response to this historic and unprecedented event, offers support to tiger range states and other participants to help double wild tiger numbers by 2022
Participants in the International Tiger Forum taking place in St Petersburg, Russia are cautioned that they must act decisively now or face a future in which the wild tiger is extinct – as few as 3,200 wild tigers remain and the time for toothless if well-intentioned declarations is long gone
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and ROAR Collective present 'ROAR! Imagine a Tiger', a fundraising extravaganza starring poet/musician John Hegley and acclaimed cartoonist Tony Husband, creator of Private Eye’s Yobs
EIA welcomes the news that INTERPOL, an international police organisation, has joined the fight to end the tiger trade. An international law enforcement operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of one of the world’s most endangered species
In the new report Rogue Traders: The Murky Business of Merbau Timber Smuggling in Indonesia, London-based EIA and Indonesian group Telapak identify businessmen Ricky Gunawan and Hengky Gosal as two of the major players in smuggling illicit merbau timber