MOSCOW – Key tiger habitats in Russia’s Far East are slated for logging in what would be a new blow to the dwindling population of the highly endangered Amur tiger, the World Wildlife Federation reported Oct. 20. Within a week, the local government in Primorsky region is planning to auction off some 28,000 cubic metres (990,000 cubic feet) of forest that includes cedar and oak forest inhabited by the Amur tiger, said the WWF’s Denis Smirnov.
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