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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HARBIN, July 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese and Russian zoologists on Tuesday jointly released a guide to dealing with tigers on the occasion of the 15th International Tiger Day, which aims to mitigate the conflict between homo sapiens and predators in connection with the restoration and expansion of the Amur tiger population in northeastern China, and provide a scientific approach to achieving harmonious coexistence between them.
The document, titled “Resolving the Conflict between Humans and Tigers: Rules of Human Behavior When Encountering Tigers,” was released by the China-Russia Joint Research Laboratory for the Protection and Restoration of Amur Tigers. It is the latest brainchild of collaboration between Chinese and Russian zoologists from the laboratory, which was founded in 2024 on the initiative of the Cat Research Center of Northeast Forestry University of China and the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The document was developed taking into account the latest research results from Russia and the international scientific community in the field of preventing and controlling the conflict between humans and tigers. The document defines the “principles of harmonious coexistence between humans and tigers” as the main focus of efforts, emphasizing that the key to solving the problem is not the desire to completely eliminate the said conflict, but to ensure the joint sustainable use of landscape conditions and natural resources by humans and wild animals, for which all layers of society – from the state to local residents – should actively take appropriate regulatory steps.
Taking into full account the actual situation in northeastern China, the document provided systematic recommendations in four aspects: early warning, precautionary measures, emergency response and compensation mechanism. Its authors hope that the release of this memo will improve the efficiency of Amur tiger conservation in China, as well as more effectively ensure the safety and well-being of the population living in the Amur tiger habitat of more than 40 thousand square kilometers.
Amur tigers, also known as Siberian or Manchurian tigers, are listed as one of the ten most endangered species on the planet. They are currently found mainly in the Russian Far East and northeastern China. According to the latest data released by the end of 2024, thanks to the continuous efforts of the Chinese government, including the establishment of the Amur Tiger and Leopard National Park, the number of wild Amur tigers in China has stabilized at around 70 individuals. -0-
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