Status of snow leopards in China Report
The report, entitled “Status of Snow Leopard Survey and Conservation, China 2018” was a collaborative effort by a number of organizations involved in snow leopard surveying and protection in China and summarizes recent snow leopard research and conservation activities. The report was produced in a joint effort by the Snow ...
The Sacramento Zoo’s Snow Leopard Cub ‘Coconut’ Makes His Exhibit Debut
After months of physical therapy, the Sacramento Zoo’s leopard cub, Coconut, made his first exhibit debut last week ...
Females or Food – What Drives Big Cats’ Spatial Behavior?
A fascinating new paper comparing the sex-specific home range use of snow leopards and pumas, and how it varies with different seasons (e.g. mating) ...
Double Observer Survey Method
This manual provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to plan, implement and analyse double observer surveys to estimate ungulate population abundance in mountainous terrain. Such population estimates are useful for the long-term monitoring of ungulate species. Double Observer Survey Manual ...
PAWS: Population Assessment of the Worlds Snow Leopards
PAWS: Population Assessment of the World's Snow leopards At the International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Conservation Forum 2017 in Bishkek, the range country governments formally endorsed a plan to develop a global snow leopard population assessment. The ambitious initiative, called Population Assessment of the World’s Snow Leopards, or, in short, ...
PRISM Evaluation Toolkit
PRISM is an evaluation toolkit that helps practitioners plan and evaluate the conservation program outcomes and impacts. https://conservationevaluation.org/ ...
Valuation of Ecosystem Services
This GSLEP report provide the first assessment of the economic value of provisioning ecosystem services – the material goods from ecosystems – used by local people Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Snow Leopard Landscapes of Asia ...
Comprehensive Snow Leopard Conservation Guide Published
We are pleased to announce the release of the book Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes edited by SLN members Dr. Thomas McCarthy, Dr. David Mallon. Over 200 authors contributed to this comprehensive guide to snow leopard conservation, many of whom are SLN members. We ...
Sabin Snow Leopard Grant Program Accepting LOIs
The Panthera Sabin Snow Leopard Grant Program will be accepting letters of interest (LOIs) from July 1, 2016 until August 1, 2016. This program provides awards of up to $20,000 per project per year to in situ snow leopard conservation projects. For more information on the program, eligibility requirements, and ...
Whitley Award Awarded to SLN Member
In May, the prestigious Whitley Award was awarded to SLN member Dr. Muhammad Ali Nawaz for his work on snow leopard conservation in northern Pakistan. Kashif Syed, Communications Coordinator of the Snow Leopard Foundation, distributed the following press release: London- UK, Islamabad-Pakistan: HRH The Princess Royal presented a Whitley Award, ...