China’s state-run English newspaper “China Daily” reports that wild Siberian tigers in China could disappear in two decades due to illegal logging and poaching.

The Chinese newspaper cited a joint study by the Chinese government and the World Wildlife Fund as saying that the number of wild Siberian tigers in China has dropped from 300 to roughly 20 over the past 70 years. The report said that number will only continue to decrease.

The Chinese office of the World Wildlife Fund said Siberian tigers could vanish from China in two decades unless the Chinese government takes effective measures.

The China Daily said that an estimated total of 500 wild Siberian tigers live in Northeast China and Russia’s Far East region. It reported experts are calling for more international efforts, particularly between China and Russia, to preserve the species.