Ministers from 13 countries where tigers still live in the wild are meeting in Russia to try to agree ways of doubling tiger numbers in the next 12 years. The meeting is seen as an unprecedented opportunity to save tigers from extinction.The International Tiger Conservation Forum in Saint Petersburg will discuss proposals on protecting habitat, tackling poaching, and finance.About 3,000 tigers live in the wild, a 40 per cent decline in a decade. There are warnings that without major advances, tiger population will disappear within the next 20 years.Five Prime Ministers are due to attend including China's Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.