Snow Leopard Day children's eco-festival took place in Altai Republic

Snow Leopard Day children’s eco-festival took place in Altai Republic

http://www.wwf.ru/resources/news/article/6596 (Russian language) 19 May 2010 The WWF, FSDA, Ukok Nature Park and Altaisky Zapovednik organized event was on May 26 was for all school children. They learned about snow leopard, their prey, and habitat with a decided conservation slant. Drawing competitions, arts & crafts, etc. Organizers specifically selected Kosh-Agach ...
Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre to be set up in Himachal Pradesh, India

Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre to be set up in Himachal Pradesh, India

Friday, June 18, 2010 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_himalayan-snow-leopard-research-centre-to-be-set-up-in-himachal-pradesh_1398211 Shimla: With an aim to boost research and conservation of snow Leopards in the country, Himachal Pradesh would soon set up an international level research centre in Spiti valley, a senior officer of state Forest department said today. "Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre" would be ...
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Snow Leopard Day took place in Altai

Snow Leopard Day took place in Altai

http://www.altaiinter.info/news/?id=23369 1 Jun 2010 [Summary] (With support from WWF and Altaisky Zapovednik) Ukok Nature Park, FSDA, and the Center for Additional Children's Education in Kosh-Agach Rayon organized the event. 78 pupils from two high-altitude schools in Kosh-Agach and Ulagan Rayons participated in the event - these areas are important snow ...
Activists rescue deposed Kyrgyz dictator's starved leopards

Activists rescue deposed Kyrgyz dictator’s starved leopards

Posted on Earth Times : Fri, 28 May 2010 10:48:55 GMT Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Activists have rescued 23 starving wild animals, including bears and wolves, from a private menagerie belonging to deposed Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, but said Friday they arrived too late to save a couple of snow leopards ...
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News from WWF Mongolia office: Biodiversity day was celebrated in Mongolia

News from WWF Mongolia office: Biodiversity day was celebrated in Mongolia

(Please click on the following link - in orange - in order to view photos of the celebration.) Biodiversity Day celebration in Mongolia UN proclaimed 2010 to be the International Biodiversity year. In the range of this year, biodiversity day was celebrated worldwide last Saturday, 22nd May. Mongolia was also ...
The Research School at Nordens Ark 3-8 October 2010

The Research School at Nordens Ark 3-8 October 2010

A joint project between Nordens Ark and Hasselblad Foundation topics of conservation in the wild, rearing ex situ and reintroduction of threatened Felid species Financed by the Hasselblad Foundation Organized by Claes Andrén, Leif Blomqvist and Lena M Lindén (Nordens Ark) Conservation Biology at Nordens Ark 2010 A research school, ...
Drought followed by harsh winter spells disaster

Drought followed by harsh winter spells disaster

By Karen Percy in Ulan Bator, Mongolia Updated Wed May 26, 2010 4:07pm AEST Disaster zone ... A herder on the way to the local burial ground in the Zuunbayan-Ulaan district of Mongolia. (ABC News: Karen Percy) It is an awe-inspiring sight: the vast plains of Mongolia where animals roam ...
Herders contribute to conservation in the Altai Mountains in Mongolia

Herders contribute to conservation in the Altai Mountains in Mongolia

20 May 2010 By Onno van den Heuvel, Environment and Energy Programme Officer The Altai Mountains are home to a variety of endangered species such as the snow leopard and the world’s largest wild sheep altai argali. Inhabited mainly by nomads, these mountains - stretching from the Gobi Desert in ...
Kazakhstan faces many severe environmental issues

Kazakhstan faces many severe environmental issues

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Kazakhstan-ENVIRONMENT.html Note: We have no information re: the source of this article's information or what date this was published online. Located May 2010. Kazakhstan faces several important environmental issues. As the site of the former Soviet Union's nuclear testing programs, areas of the nation have been exposed to high levels ...