Asia agreed to double the wild tiger

The first Asian ministerial meeting on tiger conservation has just ended in Bangkok (Thailand) with an agreement that will double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Tiger year.

Two tigers mature at Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno forest in Kanchanaburi, Thailand on January 20, 2010 - Photo: AFP

People overwhelmed the habitat and hunting innocently made the number of wild tigers decline seriously. Countries with tigers, including Vietnam, have agreed to do more to protect wild tigers and their habitats.

Michael Baltzer, head of the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) global tiger initiative, said: "This agreement is very important, because the amount of tigers is severely declining. We need to act. folding because of the future of wild tiger ".

"This is a historic meeting. Before that, there were not many people interested in tigers," said Thai Minister of Environment and Nature Suwit Khunkitti after the three-day conference ended.

"If we save tigers, we are saving the habitats of many other species," said Keshav Varma, program director.

However, this historic agreement also says there is no additional funding to implement their conservation efforts.