Week 3: Participatory methods/right-based approaches to research and conservation
Dr. Sahil Nijhawan Significant focus has been placed on community-based conservation in recent decades. However, much purported community-based conservation research and practice continues to be top-down, where local people are seen as beneficiaries and stakeholders, but not right-holders. In this workshop, using case studies, we will explore efforts to make ...
Week 4: Community Conservation
Ajay Bijoor and Deepshikha Sharma Engaging and partnering with such local communities is critical to the success of conservation efforts. The PARTNERS principles offer a framework to consciously and effectively engage communities. This approach of eight broad principles can offer support to not only conservationists but anyone who is engaging ...
Celebrating 20 years of the Snow Leopard Network
It all started back in 2002 - twenty years ago. The Snow Leopard Survival Summit brought together over 60 experts from 17 countries to develop what was to become the Snow Leopard Survival Strategy. From that meeting the Snow Leopard Network was founded with a Steering Committee of eight elected ...
IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group – Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Library
Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence picture courtesy: https://www.hwctf.org/about For your information - The IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group is currently putting together a video library as a new addition to their Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Library Publications and resources listed in this library highlight many of the key ...
Week 5: Identify Carnivore Signs
Dr. Orjan Johansson + Dr. Koustubh Sharma Carnivores leave behind signs- such as tracks, droppings, sprays and carcasses. They also can be heard- making unique sounds. The team will discuss how researchers can distinguish between the unique signs of felids (snow leopards, lynx etc.) and canids (wolves, feral dogs, red ...
SLN Summer Exchange 2022 – You Tube links to Sessions
We had a very interesting and fruitful Summer Exchange over June and July 2022, in which we conducted six mini modules (2 hours each), on a variety of topics that included Mountain Ungulates, Climate Change, Participatory methods/right-based approaches to research and conservation, Community Conservation, Identify Carnivore Signs and Camera traps ...
SLN Webinar – Towards improved parasite transmission understanding: A case study from the Indian Trans-Himalaya
The Snow Leopard Network is pleased to announce our next webinar with a focus on investigating disease transmission in high altitude settings. We will travel to the Trans-Himalayas of India with a team of researchers who are looking at snow leopard conservation from a wider perspective - and considering the ...
New Article to the Bibliography
Please find details below of a new article added to our Bibliography: Title: Density Pattern of Flare-Horned Markhor (Capra falconeri) in Northern Pakistan Author: Ahmad, S., Rehman, E. U., Ali, H., Din, N., Haider, J., Din, J. U., Nawaz, M. A. Abstract: Wild ungulates play vital roles in maintaining a ...
New Article to the Bibliography
Please find details below of a new article added to our Bibliography: Title: Conservation importance of the strategic, centrally located snow leopard population in the western Himalayas, India: a genetic perspective Author: Singh, S. K., De, R., Sharma, R., Maheshwari, A., Joshi, B. D., Sharma, D., Sathyakumar, S., Habib, B., ...
‘With Snow Leopards’ Small Grant Call for Proposals
The Snow Leopard Network is pleased to announce a new Snow Leopard Grant Program offered by Tencent Foundation and Shan Shui Conservation Center, and supported by partners (the Amity Foundation, HUATAI Foundation and Peking University Center for Nature and Society). Launched for the first time in 2022, the ‘With Snow ...