He learned of a significant improvement: 2.8 tigers per 100 square kilometers. In brief: Back in 2002, a survey of one of the last habitats of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, showed a tiger population that, in biologist-speak, amounted to only 1.6 tigers per 100 square kilometers. The meeting, as he remembers it, was meant to unveil some good news about tigers. In the fall of 2015, Matt Leggett, a newly hired senior adviser for the Wildlife Conservation Society, found himself sitting in a meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, wondering if someone had missed the point. ![]() To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
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