La Chine va mettre sur pied un outil de coordination pour la protection des tigres sur l'ensemble de son territoire (tigres de l'Amour au Nord Est, tigres du Bengale et d'Indochine au Sud Ouest, réintroduction de tigres de Chine méridionale au Sud Est et au centre). English.Eastday.com, ce jour. "Office to guide protection of tigers."
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China is establishing a national office dedicated to the protection of wild tigers.
Preparations are being made for the office, which will be an improvement on the currently fragmented tiger preservation efforts, said Hu Huijian, a researcher of the South China Institute of Endangered Animals.
Dozens of wild Siberian tigers live in northeast China and a similar number of wild Indochinese and Bengal tigers live in the southwest.
Researchers are uncertain whether South China tigers still live in the wild, but there are more than 100 in captivity, Hu said.
The management of the wild tiger species is not unified, with little coordination and exchanges, he said.
The national-level office for tiger protection is expected to facilitate planning for the protection.
Since Siberian, Indochinese and Bengal tigers live in border areas, the office should help with international coordination, he said.
China adopted the Action Plan for Restoration of Wild Tiger Population in 2011 to significantly increase the population and habitat of tigers.
The Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens has a commission for the protection of South China tigers.
Data is collected on each South China tiger, including their daily condition and records of their offspring, leading to improvements in the condition of the species and survival rate in recent years.
Sightings of Siberian tigers have increased in Changbaishan Mountain forest area in Jilin province, from six to nine in the late 1990s to 11 to 13 in recent years, according to the provincial forestry department.
Stuart Bray, chairman of Save China's Tigers foundation, said: "I have no doubt China will change the face of tiger conservation."
As a top predator, tigers need a complete ecosystem, which entails stimulating the recovery of the natural vegetation, prey and smaller predators.
Gains have been made in returning milu deer and crested ibis to the wild in China, and there is hope for similar achievements in tiger protection, although this will be more difficult, he said.
Le Président Xi Jin Ping a par ailleurs montré son intérêt personnel pour les tigres de l'Amour de la région du Chanbai Shan (officiellement 27 à l'état sauvage désormais contre moins d'une dizaine au début des années 2000) qui s'épanouissent aux côtés de 3500 grues blanches.
Voir l'article d'Alice Yan dans l'édition d'hier du South China Morning Post.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1733520/what-does-siberian-tiger-eat-asks-chinas-curious-president-xi-jinping
La Chine a par ailleurs hébergé un autre tigre (Panthera tigris virgata), présent historiquement dans toute la zone de la Route de la Soie (jusqu'en Europe orientale). Il a, semble t-il, disparu de Chine du Nord Ouest (Asie centrale chinoise) au cours des années 1960. La reconstitution de cet animal connaîtra sa première étape au Kazakhstan oriental en 2019 et années suivantes, dans une zone assez proche de celle où vécurent ses congénères chinois les plus récents. La seconde étape, si l'Office de Protection du Tigre intègre aussi cet animal à son champ d'action, pourrait être chinoise...
