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Author Mazoomdaar, J. url 
  Title Cat Among the People Type Magazine Article
  Year 2011 Publication Open Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue 8 August Pages 40-45  
  Keywords snow leopard, India, Bhatnagar, Chundawat, Nature Conservation Foundation, Hemis, Kibber, Himmel  
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  Address www.openthemagazine.com  
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  Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1358  
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Author Trivedi, P. url 
  Title From Cashmere to Gowa Type Magazine Article
  Year 2011 Publication Journal of East China Normal University (Special Issue of Zoology)nbill Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue April-June Pages 4-10  
  Keywords Tibetan gazelle, gowa, Procapra picticaudata, Kalak Tar Tar, KTT, India, Ladakh, Sikkim  
  Abstract Story of research trip looking for Tibetan Gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) in its last stronghold in India – Kalak Tar Tar (KTT) plateau in the Hanle area of hangthang – the great Tibetan high altitude plain that stretches at its extreme south-western and southeastern edges into India in Ladakh and Sikkim respectively. Species is known locally as “gowa”.  
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Author Suryawanshi, K., K. url 
  Title Sunshine and the Shadow Type Magazine Article
  Year 2011 Publication Hornbill Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue April-June Pages 34-37  
  Keywords Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, snow leopard, sighting, observation, blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur  
  Abstract Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi shares an update on his blog which describes snow leopard sightings in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, while studying the foraging behavior and eating habits of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).  
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Author Dickman, A., Macdonald, E., Macdonald, D. url 
  Title A review of financial instruments to pay for predator conservation and encourage human–carnivore coexistence Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication PNAS Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 108 Issue 34 Pages 13937–13944  
  Keywords human-carnivore conflict, payments for ecosystem services  
  Abstract One of the greatest challenges in biodiversity conservation today is how to facilitate protection of species that are highly valued at a global scale but have little or even negative value at a local scale. Imperiled species such as large predators can impose significant economic costs at a local level, often in poverty-stricken rural areas where households are least able to tolerate such costs, and impede efforts of local people, especially traditional pastoralists, to escape from poverty. Furthermore, the costs and benefits involved in predator conservation often include diverse dimensions, which are hard to quantify and nearly impossible to reconcile with one another. The best chance of effective conservation relies upon translating the global value of carnivores into tangible local benefits large enough to drive conservation “on the ground.” Although human–carnivore coexistence involves significant noneconomic values, providing financial incentives to those affected negatively by carnivore presence is a common strategy for encouraging such coexistence, and this can also have important benefits in terms of reducing poverty. Here, we provide a critical overview of such financial instruments, which we term “payments to encourage coexistence”; assess the pitfalls and potentials of these methods, particularly compensation and insurance, revenuesharing, and conservation payments; and discuss how existing strategies of payment to encourage coexistence could be combined to facilitate carnivore conservation and alleviate local poverty.  
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  Notes http://www.pnas.org/content/108/34/13937 Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1362  
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Author WWF Russia & Mongolia url 
  Title WWF Newsletter Altai-Sayan Ecoregion July – September 2011 Type Report
  Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue 17 Pages 1-22  
  Keywords snow leopard, Mongolia, hunting, argali, Land of the Snow Leopard, Altai-Sayan, Russia, poaching, reserve,  
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Author Karmacharya, Dibesh B pdf 
  Title Noninvasive genetic population survey of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in Kangchenjunga conservation area, Shey Phoksundo National Park and surrounding buffer zones of Nepal Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Bio Med Central Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 4 Issue 516 Pages  
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  Abstract Background

The endangered snow leopard is found throughout major mountain ranges of Central Asia, including the remote Himalayas. However, because of their elusive behavior, sparse distribution, and poor access to their habitat, there is a lack of reliable information on their population status and demography, particularly in Nepal. Therefore, we utilized noninvasive genetic techniques to conduct a preliminary snow leopard survey in two protected areas of Nepal.

Results

A total of 71 putative snow leopard scats were collected and analyzed from two different areas; Shey Phoksundo National Park (SPNP) in the west and Kangchanjunga Conservation Area (KCA) in the east. Nineteen (27%) scats were genetically identified as snow leopards, and 10 (53%) of these were successfully genotyped at 6 microsatellite loci. Two samples showed identical genotype profiles indicating a total of 9 individual snow leopards. Four individual snow leopards were identified in SPNP (1 male and 3 females) and five (2 males and 3 females) in KCA.

Conclusions

We were able to confirm the occurrence of snow leopards in both study areas and determine the minimum number present. This information can be used to design more in-depth population surveys that will enable estimation of snow leopard population abundance at these sites.
 
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Author Wildlife Times url 
  Title Wildlife Times Type Magazine Article
  Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue November Pages  
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  Abstract Snow Leopard Count – A census of Snow Leopard has started in Mustang District, Nepal  
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Author Gurung, Ghana S. url 
  Title Enhancing herder's livelihoods and conserving the snow leopard in Nepal Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Cat News Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 55 Issue Pages 6  
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  Abstract Loss of livestock to snow leopards Panthera Uncia is one of the primary concerns of subsistence herders' communities and one of the primary threats to conservation of this endsngered species throughout the alpine regions of the central Asia. Unless the relationship between snow leopards abd humans is better understood and appropriate strategies are applied, coexistence may not be sustainable. thus, to address this issue, WWF Nepal piloted a community-managed livestock insurance scheme in Ghunsa valley of Kangchenjunga Conservation Area simultaneously with various types of mitigation measures (i.e preventive and curative) We found significan advantages of the insurance scheme including that it is self-sustaining and locally managed thereby ensuring it is economically viable and effective in preventive retaliatory killing of snow leopards. The main strength of the insurance scheme is that it was designed and developed in close co-operation with the affected herders' communities. The communities start by designing a simple livestock insurance plan whereby owners contribute to a common fund that is later administered and managed at the local level, thus reducing likelihood of fraud. Benefit sharing of funds among subsistence herders' communities from income generating activities is on of the positive motivating tools for people towards snow leopards. Since initiated, snow leopard killings have gone from 1-3/year to 0/year for 3 years.  
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  Call Number SLN @ rakhee @ Serial 1374  
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Author Suraj Upadhaya url 
  Title Junior Ranger Program: Initiatives for Biodiversity Conservation Type Magazine Article
  Year 2012 Publication Himalayas Nepal Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Nov 2011 - Feb 2012 Pages  
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  Abstract The didactic Junior Ranger Program, whci was unique not onl in dolpa District, but also in the whole Nepal, was developed im such a way that each student gets an overview about the environment and its importance's on our life. The curriculum makes each and every student clear about the pollution, population, and basic needs for life, natural resources, corrective measures, and rold for environment conservation. Among all, the most improtant and interesting topic was about Snow Leopard. Being a student from the home of Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia), I always get fascinated by this charismatic species.  
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Author Suryawanshi, Kulbhushan. R url 
  Title Standardizing the double-observer survey method for estimating mountain ungulate prey of the endangered snow leopard Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Oecelogia Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue December Pages  
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  Abstract Mountain ungulates around the world have been threatened by illegal hunting, habitat modification, increased livestock grazing, disease and development. Mountain ungulates play an important functional role in grasslands as primary consumers and as prey for wild carnivores, and monitoring of their populations is important for conservation purposes. However, most of the several currently available methods of estimating wild ungulate abundance are either difficult to implement or too expensive for mountainous terrain. A rigorous method of sampling ungulate abundance in mountainous areas that can allow for some measure of sampling error is therefore much needed. To this end, we used a combination of field data and computer simulations to test the critical assumptions associated with double-observer technique based on capture-recapture theory. The technique was modified and adapted to estimate the populations of bharal (Pseudois nayaur) and ibex (Capra sibirica) at five different sites. Conducting the two double-observer surveys simultaneously led to underestimation of the population by 15%. We therefore recommend separating the surveys in space or time.  
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  Call Number SLN @ rakhee @ Serial 1376  
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