What is the World Bank’s investment in tiger conservation?
The World Bank has established the Global Tiger Initiative, to help elevate tiger conservation on the international political agenda and strengthen conservation efforts. The Bank hopes to invest in high-priority conservation actions, ensure that its own infrastructure investments do not damage tiger populations, and support investigations and economic analyses of key issues such as poaching and habitat conversion. The Bank also seeks to influence and promote improved national and global cooperation and commitment. This is believed to be the first time in the Bank’s history that it has undertaken such a major and focused initiative targeting a single species, and indicates its concern over the tiger’s plight. For more information, please visit http://www.globaltigerinitiative.org/ Can we save tigers? Tigers are cats and therefore breed easily. Given adequate space, prey base and protection, wild tiger populations can increase. This has been shown with the success of Project Tiger in the
