No other wild animal depicts the crisis of nature more vividly than the tiger, he believes. Link believes that an emerging comeback of Thailand's Indochinese tiger spells hope for nature and people alike. "The tiger is an 'umbrella' species," says Mr Link, "so all efforts to protect it have positive knock-on effects to the entire ecosystem and those who depend it." Then, in 2022 the Global Tiger Summit will be hosted by Russia to review global efforts to save the striped big cat from extinction. Thailand's experience with the tiger and Covid represent the clearest example of this link," says Mr Link.

Source: Bangkok Post November 01, 2020 23:25 UTC