International Big Cat Alliance(IBCA)

✅The IBCA was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in 2023, during the “Commemorating 50 years of Project Tiger” event.
🔸 headquarters located in India.
✅Members: 27 countries have consented to join the Alliance.
🔸Five countries (Nicaragua, Eswatini, India, Somalia, and Liberia) have officially ratified and become members of the IBCA. 
✅It  was established by the Government of India through the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), with an order dated 12th March, 2024.
✅Focus: It aims to conserve seven big cat species: Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar, and Puma.
✅ It includes both range countries (countries where these species are found) and non-range countries interested in supporting big cat conservation.
✅Objective: The primary goal of IBCA is to facilitate global collaboration for big cat conservation, consolidate successful conservation practices, and achieve the common goal of preserving big cats worldwide.
✅It aims to provide financial support, disseminate conservation best practices, create a central repository of technical knowledge, and strengthen intergovernmental conservation platforms.

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