Govt to set aside 30 million ha for rare species

Govt to set aside 30 million ha for rare species The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 08/10/2010 9:27 AM | National The government plans to set aside 30 million hectares of protected forests for habitats for endangered species in order to prevent their extinction. Forestry Ministry Zulkifli Hasan warned that the shrinking number of rare [...]

Dhaka, Delhi join global move to save tigers

Dhaka, Delhi join global move to save tigers Dhaka, July 30 – Bangladesh and India, home to the famous Royal Bengal tiger, will attend the 13-nation Tiger Conservation Summit in St. Petersburg in September to plan out urgent measures to save the species. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may attend the meeting of the Tiger [...]

World tiger population declines to 3200

World tiger population declines to 3200 Bali, July 12, 2010 Tigers in the wild at Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The Indian tiger population s fallen to 1,411. File Photo. Tigers are on the brink of extinction because only about 3,200 tigers are left in the world today, a report has said. The still [...]

A Competition to Save the Sumatran Tiger

A Competition to Save the Sumatran Tiger April 25, 2010 Tasa Nugraza Barley Listen up. If you are between 18 and 25 years of age, are concerned about saving the Sumatran tiger from extinction and live in Indonesia or Germany, then there is a competition that is just for you. Forest Friends, a joint program [...]

New Conservation Initiatives Meant to Help Save Last of Indonesia’s Tigers

New Conservation Initiatives Meant to Help Save Last of Indonesia’s Tigers Buyung, a Sumatran tiger that was released into the wild in January, is just one success story for conservation efforts. As the Chinese zodiac ticks over to the Year of the Tiger, renewed global efforts are aiming to wrest the animal itself back from [...]

China marks year of tiger with drive to save biggest cat

A  white tiger rests inside an enclosure at Beijing zoo, February 8, 2010. China marks year of tiger with drive to save biggest cat Chinese government, World Bank and NGOs co-operating on multimillion-dollar scheme to protect Amur tiger Jonathan Watts in Hunchun guardian.co.uk Sunday 7 February 2010 17.08 GMT White Tiger Information: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/white_tigers.htm Taking turns [...]

Battle will be stepped up this year to save the tiger

Battle will be stepped up this year to save the tiger Tigers top WWF list of 10 important endangered species as biodiversity campaign is launched Robin McKie, Science Editor The Observer, Sunday 3 January 2010 Scientists and conservationists are to intensify their efforts this year to save one of Earth’s most powerful, and threatened, creatures: [...]

Colonial rulers partly blamed for tiger extinction

Colonial rulers partly blamed for tiger extinction Luthfiana Mahmudah ,  THE JAKARTA POST ,  JEMBER   |  Mon, 11/16/2009 2:34 PM  |  East Java The Dutch colonial rulers contributed greatly to the extinction of Javanese tigers in the Meru Betiri National Park, Besuki, East Java, believed to be the animal’s last habitat, an environmental historian says. [...]