South Asia to soon reach carrying capacity of tigers, southeast Asia may not be left with one: GTF

International conservation body Global Tiger Forum (GTF) on Monday hailed the rise in tiger tiger population in India and noted that the South Asian countries were doing well to protect the species.

It, however, expressed concern over the status of wild tigers in south-east Asian countries.

Tigers are almost facing extinction from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, while there have been no recent updates from China and Indonesia, according to GTF, an inter-governmental international body meant for conservation of tigers.

Rajesh Gopal, Secretary General of GTF, said South Asian countries are very close to their carrying capacity of tigers and the number may not go further up.

Carrying capacity is the number of animals a region can support..

"The status of wild tigers in south Asia and Russia range from sub-optimal to optimal but the situation is comparatively much better than wild tiger status in South-Est Asian countries," he said