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Comprehensive Snow Leopard Conservation Guide Published

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 ...
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Sabin Snow Leopard Grant Program Accepting LOIs

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 ...
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Whitley Award Awarded to SLN Member

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, ...
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The WWF Snow Leopard Team Releases First Newsletter

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 ...
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Smithsonian Magazine Cover Story

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 ...
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Congratulations to SLN Member Rodney Jackson on Indianapolis Prize Nomination

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 ...
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Focus of SLN Blog Changing

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 ...
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Partners Principles

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

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

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/ ...