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International Big Cat Alliance 2025
February 7 , 2025
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- The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) has officially come into force as a treaty-based, inter-governmental organisation.
- It is becoming a fully functional international legal entity on January 23.
- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was acting as the Depository for the Framework Agreement.
- Recently five countries – the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Republic of India, the Federal Republic of Somalia, and the Republic of Liberia – have deposited their instruments of the ratification making them the founding members of the IBCA.
- The IBCA was launched by India on April 9, 2023, during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger.
- The initiative’s main objective is the conservation of seven major big cat species: the Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar, and Puma.
- As of now, 27 countries, including India, have agreed to join the IBCA.
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