Armenia to join International Big Cat Alliance

ArmInfo.  Armenia will join the International Big Cat Alliance, created in 2023 at the initiative of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote the restoration of  populations and the protection of large representatives of the feline  family, namely tigers, lions, leopards, snow leopards, pumas, jaguars  and cheetahs, by uniting the efforts of countries and forming  relevant international standards. The decision was made on May 22 at  a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Armenia.

As stated in the explanatory note to the document, joining the  Alliance will be an excellent opportunity to implement an extensive  action plan for the protection, the use of new approaches, as well as  the preservation and increase of the number of rare and valuable  representatives of the fauna of our country.  Collaboration with the  Alliance will enable the exchange of best practices, joint research,  monitoring, more detailed study of the problem and improvement of  measures aimed at protecting big cats.

The Alliance will provide a platform for the dissemination of  information on best practices, research and development, awareness  raising, etc. in the field of protection and conservation of big  cats, as well as the opportunity to become part of a specialized  global association whose main goal will be the protection and  conservation of the world's big cats. The Alliance will also act as  an advocate for the implementation of multilateral conservation  agreements.