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Nature 442, 12 (6 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442012a; Published online 5 July 2006

Doing conservation by numbers

Rex Dalton

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Biologists try business-like approach to saving tigers.

Tiger conservationists are trying a more business-like approach to saving the threatened species — focusing not on collecting money but on performance standards.Biologists at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York want to increase the number of tigers (Panthera tigris) at the society's research sites in Asia by 50% over the next decade.