Wild Orissa organised a national level Symposium on “Conservation of Wild Tigers in Orissa”, on 16th and 17th February 2003 at Bhubaneswar to highlight critical issues relating to the conservation of tiger habitats, wildlife corridors, people’s participation in conservation. This event was sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of India and was organised in association with the state Forest Department Government of Orissa. During the event, leading tiger experts in the country presented papers and interacted with officials of state as well as central government, non governmental organisations, press, and youth. Orissa is well endowed with wide diversity of flora and fauna, and a good population of the flagship species, i.e., the Royal Bengal Tiger, Panthera tigris. The forest cover in the state is under tremendous pressure with several species on the brink of extinction and the tiger along with the other major species like the leopard, elephant, gaur, etc., doomed to fragmented and isolated population. Orissa has not been able to attract the attention of the planners and the major conservation authorities/groups unlike the other states. Wild Orissa had organised this event, to highlight the situation on the ground and the foregoing situations so as to attract the required attention and interventions for the state of Orissa. The recommendations of this Symposium are as under:-