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The Royal Government of Bhutan is hosting the 2nd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in late October in the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu. Ministers from the 13 tiger range countries, who collectively endorsed the St. Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation and Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP) in 2010 in Russia, will discuss key achievements in implementing the 12-year strategy and also issue guidance on continuing momentum and ensure continued high-level political support. The conference is co-organized by the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Global Tiger Initiative. Among the participants are delegations from the tiger range country governments and Kyrgyz Republic, senior officials from the World Bank and other international organizations, donor agencies, leading conservation civil society organizations, experts from the wildlife conservation community, and leading regional industry and corporate heads.