Title:
State of Indian Tiger
Proposed by: M.A. Partha Sarathy
Seconded by:
Dilip D.
Khatau
WHEREAS,
The Bengal Tiger continues to decline in numbers and viability;
The Bengal Tiger is a flagship, wilderness-dependent species, and its
decline signals an alarm for the well-being and future of its critically
important wilderness habitat;
Numerous international and Indian organizations are working on this, and
international funding is available through existing organizations,
corporations, NGO councils, and others;
THEREFORE,
the 7th World Wilderness Congress
Emphasizes that saving the Bengal Tiger may not be
accomplished unless the national government of India makes it a priority
now, as they did at one point in the past;
Recognizes that coordination, cooperation and collaboration between the
many agencies and institutions involved is also of paramount concern; and
hereby
RESOLVES, that
To convey these concerns directly to the Honourable Prime Minister of
India, asking for his personal intervention at this critical stage for the
future of the Bengal Tiger, to pull it back from the brink of extinction,
and to assure a healthy tiger population and wilderness habitat for
evermore as an icon of India and an irreplaceable gem of the world's
biodiversity.
Proposed by:
M.A. Partha Sarathy
Chairman
World Wilderness Trust
1, 12th Cross,
Raj Mahal
Bangalore - 560 080
India
+91 80 3340400
partha@sparrl.com
Seconded by:
Dilip D. Khatau
Chairman,
The Corbett Foundation
A-3 Geetanjali Enclave,
New Delhi - 110019
India
+91 11 6861189
Corbett_foundation@yahoo.com
