July 13, 2010 9:09 AM

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"Tiger-range countries" met in Indonesia

<br/>Representatives from 13 "tiger-range countries", including India, met in Indonesia on Tuesday to draft a global recovery plan ahead of a summit in Russia in September. <br/><br/>Indonesian Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said in an opening address to delegates on the resort island of Bali that it is alarming that out of the nine tiger subspecies in the world, only six are remaining. The plan to be drafted in Bali will be used as the basis for discussion at a "tiger summit" in St Petersburg, Russia, from September 15 to 18.

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