Jun 17, 2025 05:58 AM IST

Further, the meeting unanimously endorsed #Bhupender Yadav, #India’s surroundings minister because the president of IBCA. The meeting additionally endorsed SP Yadav because the director basic of IBCA

#New Delhi: The International Big #Cat Alliance (IBCA) held its first meeting at its Delhi headquarters on Monday.

A pair of #Asiatic lion and lioness, seen of their enclosure on a sizzling summer season day, at #Sarthana Nature Park in #Surat, #India. (PTI)

The meeting authorized the Headquarters Agreement signed with #India, work plan, guidelines of process and the guide of employees and monetary rules.

These will function the guiding basis for the efficient governance, operations, and collaborative initiatives of IBCA.

The meeting additionally endorsed the proceedings of the primary International Steering Committee assembly of IBCA, which was held in April 2024, in response to a press release by #India’s surroundings ministry.

Further, the meeting unanimously endorsed #Bhupender Yadav, #India’s surroundings minister because the president of IBCA. The meeting additionally endorsed SP Yadav because the director basic of IBCA.

Created by the #Government of #India, the IBCA is a coalition of 95 vary nations with a mandate for the conservation of seven huge cats specifically #Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar and Puma.

The meeting, which is the apex physique of IBCA, was attended in Delhi by ministerial delegations from Bhutan, Cambodia, Eswatini, Guinea, #India, Liberia, Suriname, Somalia and Kazakhstan.

In his deal with, Yadav referred to as upon the Big #Cat vary nations to actively have interaction and collaborate within the initiatives and programmes of IBCA. He emphasised the significance of collective motion to advance the conservation and safety of the seven main huge cat species and their pure habitats and help in securing our ecological future and mitigate antagonistic results of local weather change.

The IBCA was established by the #Government of #India, by means of its nodal organisation viz. National #Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2024. The main goal of IBCA is to facilitate collaboration and synergy amongst vary nations and different stakeholders.