India to host 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation

India will host Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from 12 April 2016.
•    It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 
•    It will have participation of all 13 tiger range countries (TRCs), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam. 
•    It will also have and have long-term plan for tiger conservation. 
•    The first edition of Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation was held in Hua Hin, Thailand in 2010.
•    Tiger population in India is nearly 70% of the world’s tiger population.