SEALING a historic and lasting peace deal over Kashmir may have been the top priority this week for India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh. But when he returns to New Delhi he will be asked to turn his attention to a policy with consequences equally long-lasting.
On 12 April, Willem Wijnstekers, secretary-general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) – of which India is a member – wrote to Singh in a “last-ditch” attempt to persuade India to tackle tiger poaching. In taking the unusual step of making the letter public, Wijnstekers is…
