Tigers in danger, only 13% conservation areas are of global standard
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:53 PM
New Delhi, Feb 28: Indicating the seriousness of the existential threat tigers face across 11 countries, a report said on Wednesday that only 13 per cent of tiger conservation areas meet global standards.
As per the report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other international organisations and inter-governmental panel Global Tiger Forum -- of 112 tiger habitats across Asia and Russia, only 13 per cent meet the global Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
As many as 85 per cent of tiger habitats lacked patrol staff, says the report.