The WWF Snow Leopard Team Releases First Newsletter
The World Wildlife Fund Snow Leopard Team released their first newsletter in April of this year. To read the newsletter and to subscribe, visit http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c22a1af24b6ee927ed461e455&id=2bea9d001d ...
Smithsonian Magazine Cover Story
Dr. Thomas McCarthy, SLN member and head of the Panthera Snow Leopard Program, called this article to our attention. Congratulations to all the SLN members and other conservationists who are mentioned in the article. Tom's words are as follows: "Smithsonian Magazine’s cover story this month [February 2016] provides a very ...
Congratulations to SLN Member Rodney Jackson on Indianapolis Prize Nomination
Earlier this year, Snow Leopard Network member Dr. Rodney Jackson was nominated for the 2016 Indianapolis Prize. This prestigious prize is awarded to conservationists whose work makes an outstanding contribution toward the protection and conservation of endangered species. More information on Dr. Jackson's nomination is available on the Snow Leopard ...
Focus of SLN Blog Changing
Dear SLN members, we are revitalizing the SLN News Blog! Because our SLN Automatic Snow Leopard News Feed covers general snow leopard news, we are repurposing this blog to focus on grant opportunities, member accomplishments, and other items that are of interest to the SLN community and not widely covered ...
Partners Principles
A set of eight principles for building successful and ethical conservation partnerships with local communities in the habitat of a threatened species. PARTNERS Principles ...
Traffic: Snow Leopard crime revisted
An Ounce of Prevention: Snow leopard crime revisited estimates that between 221-450 snow leopards have been poached annually since 2008 – a minimum of 4 per week. https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/an-ounce-of-prevention/ ...
Evaluation Toolkit: Guide for Practitioners
This guide helps practitioners define relevant wellbeing outcomes and indicators and design an evaluation framework for conservation programs https://pubs.iied.org/14667IIED/ ...
Snow Leopards Edition 1 Released
After nearly two years of effort, a new comprehensive guide to snow leopards has been published by Elsevier. This book is a part of the Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes series edited by Philip J. Nyhus. Over 200 authors were involved, many of whom are Snow ...
International Snow Leopard Day
October 23rd is International Snow Leopard Day! To celebrate, the Snow Leopard Network is launching the updated Snow Leopard Survival Strategy, available here ...
Smartphone app developed to identify illegal wildlife products
A WCS scientist has developed a smartphone app that helps law enforcement and military personnel identify illegal endangered species products in China, Afghanistan, and Viet Nam. The app allows the user to narrow the product down to the likely species, and also provides advice from expert taxonomists in eight hours ...