India, July 22 -- As India advances toward Viksit Bharat 2047, the choices it makes about its natural ecosystems will be as consequential as the infrastructure it builds or the industries it nurtures. Can a country of 1.4 billion people, urbanising rapidly and expanding its economy at pace, also be a country where tigers roam, lions persist, and wild spaces are protected alongside development? India's record over the past three decades suggests the answer is yes. The task now is to turn a conservation achievement into a globally relevant model of coexistence. It is in that spirit that India launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), bringing together range-countries for a shared commitment to protect the world's most iconic speci...