DAY 2 - Youth Tiger Summit

November 19 2010

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We had a tight schedule today. Our day begin with the Gala opening ceremony at the Vladivostok State University of Economy and Service. It was opened by speeches from Governor of Primorsky Province, S. M. Dar'kin; the Consul General of India in Vladivostok; the Consul General of Vietnam in Vladivostok; Igor Chestin, WWF - Russia's CEO. We were really surprised and happy since we got respond and support from the local society, other conservation activist and mass media.

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Igor Chestin, WWF - Russia's CEO

After Gala Opening, we continued our activity in Vladivostok waterfront, Sportivnaya Gavan. All the Tiger Range Countries, made a tiger trail along the river side. Each country placed a tiger foot print tile on the pavement. Vladivostok governor really supports this action; the road where the tiger trail is located in a strategic place where people always walk by; this is one good way to spread awareness to local society about Tiger conservation. This action was also covered by Russian news channel and our tiger hats, which we bought back in Indonesia, really attract the people! Hhe

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And finally, after being a star for a day (interviews and lots of photo sessions), we went back to our accommodation and all the delegates did a presentation about tiger situation in their country and further action plan. Check the next article for interesting highlights from each country.