IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1722 
Supporting international tiger conservation efforts and the upcoming Global 
Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2010 
Ms. BORDALLO
(for herself, Mr. BROWN
of South Carolina, Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. GRIJALVA) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting international tiger conservation efforts and the 
upcoming Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. 
Whereas wild tiger populations have dwindled from approxi-
mately 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to 
as few as 3,200 in 2010, and only approximately 1,000 
wild tigers are breeding females; 
Whereas tigers now occupy a mere 7 percent of the habitat 
that tigers historically have occupied; 
Whereas poaching, illegal wildlife trade, habitat conversion, 
depletion of prey base, conflict between humans and wild-
life, and other pressures continue to threaten the last 
wild tigers; 
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•HRES 1722 IH 
Whereas the remaining tiger habitat in Asia supports some 
of the richest biodiversity and some of the poorest human 
populations; 
Whereas the remaining tiger habitat benefits local human 
populations by providing watersheds and buffers against 
natural disaster and contributing to livelihoods; 
Whereas the remaining tiger habitat in Asia represents some 
of the largest intact storehouses of terrestrial carbon on 
Earth, containing an average of 31⁄2 times more carbon 
than areas outside of tiger habitat; 
Whereas the tiger, an iconic species worldwide, can act as 
both a catalyst and a symbol for the conservation of the 
last great forests of Asia; 
Whereas 2010, the ‘‘Year of the Tiger’’ in the Chinese cal-
endar and beyond, presents a global opportunity to com-
mit to halting the decline in tigers and to ensuring the 
doubling of the numbers of tigers by the next ‘‘Year of 
the Tiger’’ in 2022; 
Whereas the Government of Russia is hosting the Global 
Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 
22 through 24, 2010; 
Whereas at the Summit, all 13 countries with remaining wild 
tiger populations are expected to commit to a Global 
Tiger Recovery Program; 
Whereas the remaining tiger habitat is located in remote 
transnational 
areas, 
providing 
an 
opportunity 
for 
transboundary cooperation among countries with remain-
ing wild tiger populations; 
Whereas countries with remaining wild tiger populations need 
the support and cooperation of the global community to 
protect and restore wild tiger populations; 
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•HRES 1722 IH 
Whereas the United States has been a consistent leader in 
supporting international tiger conservation; and 
Whereas strong United States support for remaining wild 
tiger populations, the Tiger Summit, and the Global 
Tiger Recovery Program will be central to the success of 
tiger conservation efforts: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals of the Tiger Summit, as 
such goals reinforce the interests of the United 
States in recovering tigers in accordance with the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 
1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), and the Convention 
on International Trade in Endangered Species of 
Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington March 
3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249); 
(2) supports the efforts of United States Gov-
ernment agencies to prevent poaching of tigers and 
to end trafficking in tigers and tiger parts, including 
through cooperation with the governments of coun-
tries with remaining wild tiger populations in train-
ing, capacity building, and law enforcement; 
(3) supports the efforts of the United States 
Government to protect tigers in the wild and the 
habitat of tigers through direct conservation assist-
ance; 
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