Tiger Summit: causes and outcomes!
kovudragon wrote a long article about the tiger forum that just took place, in which he summed up its outcomes, examined its causes and possible consequences. My contribution was mostly the final formatting, edits to the material, and one small addition. The full post is available on the forum and in the community 
bigcats_ru, reposting is welcome. What follows is the beginning of the post and a button that reposts only it.
"New conservation mechanisms:
climate change and the protection of tiger habitats"
The pseudo-scientific title of a talk by Yu. Darman,
director of the Russian Far East branch of WWF Russia,
at the tiger summit
climate change and the protection of tiger habitats"
The pseudo-scientific title of a talk by Yu. Darman,
director of the Russian Far East branch of WWF Russia,
at the tiger summit
Most likely, this is not the only article from the BIGCATS.RU project on the Tiger Summit. We simply decided to write it based on the material we had on hand, and if anything else of interest turns up, we'll publish a follow-up. Today we'll be talking mainly about our own native Siberian tiger.
Many people already know that from 18 to 24 November 2010, a youth tiger forum was held in Vladivostok, and from 21 to 24 November 2010, the heads of government of the 13 tiger range states gathered in Saint Petersburg. The stated goal of these events is, without question, a noble one — the conservation of the tiger, and not just conservation, but increasing its population 2-fold by 2022. In the end, a lot of fine speeches were made and a pile of money was allocated for this noble cause.
What interests us, for obvious reasons, is what real benefit the event actually brought the tiger itself. How great are the chances that all this money will actually help it? Or did the tiger simply turn out to be a convenient pretext under cover of which officials and foundations can easily secure that money?
( read more here )
Many people already know that from 18 to 24 November 2010, a youth tiger forum was held in Vladivostok, and from 21 to 24 November 2010, the heads of government of the 13 tiger range states gathered in Saint Petersburg. The stated goal of these events is, without question, a noble one — the conservation of the tiger, and not just conservation, but increasing its population 2-fold by 2022. In the end, a lot of fine speeches were made and a pile of money was allocated for this noble cause.
What interests us, for obvious reasons, is what real benefit the event actually brought the tiger itself. How great are the chances that all this money will actually help it? Or did the tiger simply turn out to be a convenient pretext under cover of which officials and foundations can easily secure that money?
( read more here )
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