Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Monday chaired a high-level interaction on the Collaborative Initiative for Big Cat Conservation under the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA). The meeting was attended by Ambassadors, High Commissioners of big cat range countries, and senior officials from the Government of India.

Yadav reiterated that IBCA is a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing it as a global partnership built on trust, mutual respect and shared responsibility. He highlighted the ecological importance of big cats — including tigers, lions, snow leopards, cheetahs, leopards, pumas and jaguars — calling them apex predators vital to maintaining ecological balance and ecosystem health.

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