Do join us for the #EncounterUncia Twitter Conference taking place next Monday to Wednesday Dec 6-8th! Over 30 conservation practitioners from across the snow leopard range and world will be presenting over the 3 days on Twitter- sharing stories and strategies to promote coexistence with the big cat. Watch the conference proceedings HERE.
#EncounterUncia Schedule
Main Host Account: @snowleopardnet
Partner Accounts: @gslep_program @PantheraCats @wwf @snowleopards
Day 1: December 6th 2021
8:00 – 9:00 am Bishkek time
- Jigmet Dadul (@byron_weckworth) -“Ladakh, India, a snow leopard encountered in a corral”
- Shannon Kachel (@sm_kachel) – “Livestock corrals win-win for people and snow leopards?”
- Imtiaz Ahmed (@Imtiazbattaphut) – “2 snow leopard cubs in Khunjerab National Park”
- Imogene Cancellare (@biologistimo) – “Two sightings, one day: lactating snow leopards in The Valley of the Cats, China”
- Nadia Mijiddorj (@MijiddorjNadia) – “PARTNERS Principles for engaging with communities”
14:00 – 15:00 Bishkek time
- Imtiaz Ahmed (@Imtiazbattaphut) – “A snow leopard attacks my livestock”
- WWF Russia (@wwfRU) – “Alexey’s encounter with the snow leopard”
- Purevjav Lkhagvajav (@pujiilkhagva) – “Snow leopard’s encountered in the desert steppe of the Gobi”
- Choidogjamts Byambasuren (@Choidogjamts2) – “Snow Leopard Encounter in the Steppe capacity building efforts”
- Yixuan (@EBC_ebc1) – “Snow leopard encountered in Inner Mongolia, China”
17:00 – 18:00 Bishkek time
- Femke Hilderink (@FHilderink) – “The Human Wildlife Conflict report”
- Terry Townshend (@terrytownshend) – “Snow leopards and Magpies”
- Miha Krofel (@MihaKrofel) – “The snow leopard hunt”
- Sherab Lobzang (@lobzangncf) and Rigzen Dorjay (@Dorjayncf) – “After the Snow Leopard Attack”
- High Altitude Programme, India (@snowleopard_ncf) – “A snow leopard in the trees”
Day 2: December 7th 2021
8:00 – 9:00 am Bishkek time
- Charlotte Hacker (@chacker414)– “Foxlights as a mitigation strategy”
- Rishi Sharma (@rishieco)– “WWF’s conflict framework protocols”
- Koustubh Sharma (@koustubh_sharma) – “The GSLEP policy recommendation for encounters”
- High Altitude Programme, India (@snowleopard_ncf) – “Traditional Mitigation Strategies – tales from GYU”
- Xier Chen (@ShanCenter) – “Encountering snow leopards in the Valley of Cats, China”
14:00 – 15:00 Bishkek time
- Rahim Kulenbekov and Tanya Rosen (@NarynTRosen) – “A snow leopard illegally captured and sold”
- Shannon Kachel (@sm_kachel) – “The translocation of a snow leopard”
- Orjan Johansson (@JohanssOrjan)– “Mitigation strategies for encounters with large carnivores”
- WWF Russia (@wwfRU) – “Removing the border fences for wildlife”
- Justine Shanti Alexander (@SnowleopardHope) – “The Eurasian lynx & snow leopard in QilianShan, China”
17:00 – 18:00 Bishkek time
- Snow Leopard Foundation Kyrgyzstan (@snowleopardkg) – “Outreach efforts on handling unusual encounters”
- Sherab Lobzang (@lobzangncf) and Rigzen Dorjay (@Dorjayncf) – “Innovative predator-proof corral designs”
- Gustaf Samelius (@GSamelius) – “Unexpected Encounter with a Hamster in the Gobi”
- Ranjini Murali (@ran_murali)– “The GSLEP snow leopard encounter Database”
- Tsewang Rigzin (@TsewangRigzin)– “Thinking Outside the Box”
Day 3: December 8th 2021
Live on Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLLbONDMGm
Join both sessions through Twitter Android or IOS to speak and interact or through the web to just listen in.
15:30 – 16:30 Bishkek time
Live Panel Discussion on Unusual Encounters on Twitter Spaces with WWF, Panthera, Snow Leopard Foundation Pakistan and Snow Leopard Trust Facilitated by Koustubh Sharma
16:30 – 17:00 Bishkek time
Closing Ceremony and Prize Distribution