India, Oct. 10 -- The tiger is 'critically depleted' across much of its indigenous range in Asia. However, conservation can help its survival and also make it recover in much of that indigenous range, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s first Green Status of Species Assessment report for Panthera tigris has found.

The Green Status complements the IUCN Red List by providing a tool for assessing the recovery of species and measuring their conservation success.

"In summary, the Tiger faces critical levels of depletion as a result of historical and ongoing human impacts. The species has suffered severe range contractions and population declines and is now Regionally Extinct or Critically Endangered in large parts of ...