Nepal became a founding member of the International Big Cats Alliance

Category : International Published on: April 19 2023

Share on facebook

Nepal has become a founding member of the International Big Cats Alliance.
During the launch of the alliance under India’s initiative, Minister for Energy Shakti Bahadur Basnet handed over the letter mentioning Nepal will be associated with the alliance as a founding member to Indian Minister for Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav.
Nepal successfully achieved its goal of doubling the tiger population by 2022 as per its commitment made during the first tiger summit in 2010 in St Petersburg.
The India-funded initiative aims at the conservation of seven big cats namely tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar and puma.
The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) was launched by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on April 9, 2023, for the conservation of seven big cat species.