Which declaration is expected as a key outcome of the first International Big Cat Alliance Summit?
Correct answer: (A) Delhi Declaration.
The first International Big Cat Alliance Summit is expected to adopt the Delhi Declaration as the first-ever global declaration on big-cat conservation.
Explanation
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's PIB release says India will host the first International Big Cat Alliance Summit in New Delhi on 1 June 2026, followed by technical sessions on 1-2 June. It identifies the summit's key expected outcome as adoption of the first-ever global declaration on big-cat conservation, titled the Delhi Declaration. That matters because the declaration is described as the instrument that will set shared priorities, strengthen transboundary cooperation and promote a landscape-based approach for conserving big cats and their habitats. The MCQ therefore turns on the named outcome in the official release, not on the summit city alone or on familiar declaration names from other environmental contexts.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Jaipur Declaration is wrong because the PIB release does not name it as an outcome; it specifically identifies the expected declaration as the Delhi Declaration.
- (C) Nairobi Declaration is wrong because the official release links the summit's key declaration to Delhi, not Nairobi.
- (D) Kunming Declaration is wrong because it is not mentioned in the PIB release as an expected outcome of the first IBCA Summit.
Concept
This tests Environment and Ecology through international conservation institutions, biodiversity diplomacy and official MoEFCC/PIB announcements. It recurs in RAS because such summit outcomes connect current affairs with conservation governance.