India is tiger country, but the western Indian state of Gujarat is one province ruled solely by lions […]
tiger census
India’s method of estimating tiger population could be adopted by five Southeast Asian nations, if a proposal of theĀ Global Tiger Forum (GTF) goes through, according to a report by The Hindustan Times.
Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar are the five countries identifiedĀ by GTF for replicating Indiaās methodology, which will introduced during a workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November. Malaysia and Indonesia are incidentally referred to as Tiger economies, a nickname they derived after witnessing an investment boom between late 1980s and mid-1990s.Ā
TheĀ GTF, formed in 1994, is the worldās only intergovernmental organisation dedicated to tiger conservation, the Hindustan Times reports. The GTF membership includes seven tiger range countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam.
