Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Environment, Ecology and Disaster Management, Topic: International Big Cat Alliance, Issue: IBCA
Context: The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) with headquarters in India.
International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA):
- Conceived as a multi-country, multi-agency coalition of 96 big cat range countries, non-range countries interested in big cat conservation.
- Aim: To secure the future of big cats and landscapes they thrive.
- Announced on the occasion of commemorating 50 years of India’s Project Tiger.
Project Tiger:
- Project Tiger is an initiative to safeguard tigers, initiated in 1973 in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
Objectives
- Maintain a viable tiger population
- Protect core tiger habitats by establishing tiger reserves
- Address human-wildlife conflict
- Core-Buffer Strategy:
- Core Area: This is the heart of the reserve, strictly off-limits to human activity. It enjoys the legal status of a national park or wildlife sanctuary.
- Buffer Area: A designated zone surrounding the core, where limited human activity is permitted.
Implementing agency: National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA),a statutory body under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, of 1972.
