New Delhi, May 11 -- Ahead of the first-ever International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit scheduled to be held in the national capital in June, IBCA Director General SP Yadav on Monday highlighted the wider significance of big cat conservation, stating that it is intrinsically linked to biodiversity preservation, livelihood generation for indigenous communities, and climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration.

The inaugural summit, to be hosted by the Government of India on June 1 in New Delhi, is expected to bring together senior government officials, conservation experts and representatives from several countries to deliberate on the conservation status of big cats, threats to their habitats and coordinated global strategies...