Poaching by Helicopter a Popular Pastime
23 January 2009 By Anna Malpas / Staff Writer Moscow Times When a helicopter carrying senior government officials crashed into a remote Altai mountainside earlier this month, killing several passengers, the accident appeared to be nothing more than a tragic loss of life. But photographs snapped at the crash site ...
Project Snow Leopard Launched
Project Snow Leopard Launched 20 January 2009 Innovative Conservation Project for Indian High Altitudes Project Operational in Five Himalayan States viz. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh Thiru S. Regupathy said that Project Snow Leopard is a manifestation of the Government of India’s resolve ...
Seminar Announcement: The Challenge of Development in Energy-related Projects and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Cold Regions of Asia
In partnership with the GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), the European Union, ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) and Fondation Ensemble, GERES (Group Renewable Energy, Environment and Solidarity), an international French NGO specialised in energy and climate change issues, is organising a regional seminar on 'The Challenge of Development in ...
Satellite Anti-Poaching System Tested in the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion, Russia
UNDP press release the satellite anti-poaching system, from the Altai NGO list serve on Tue Dec 16, 2008 16.12.2008 Satellite Anti-Poaching System Tested in the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion UNDP/GEF Project “Biodiversity Conservation in the Russian Portion of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion” has successfully tested a unique satellite anti-poaching system in Altaiskiy nature ...
Dr. George Schaller honored with the China Environment Prize
American Biologist Honored With China Environment Prize NEW YORK, New York, December 19, 2008 (ENS) - Dr. George Schaller, a world reknowned field biologist and conservationist, has been awarded the China Environment Prize for his efforts to study and protect China's giant pandas, Tibetan antelope, and China's wild places. Schaller ...
Dr. Ablimit Abdukadir nominated for the prestigious Wildlife Conservation Society International “Chinese Frontier Wildlife Bodyguard Award”
On December 13, 2008, WCS International organized a present reward ceremony of “the Chinese Frontier Wildlife Bodyguard Award” take place Beijing, the big hall of literature information center of Chinese Academy of Science. Ablimit Abdukadir，IUCN/CSG and SLN member, Professor of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography，Chinese Academy of ...
Commercial Hunting Endangers Rare Central Asian Sheep Species: Wildlife researchers say Marco Polo sheep under threat of extinction
Published 2008-12-12 Edited by Rich Bowden Wildlife researchers are concerned a rare sub-species of Central Asian sheep known as Marco Polo sheep (Ovis ammon polii) is under threat of extinction because of widespread commercial hunting in Central Asian states such as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Found in the Pamir Mountains, on ...
Bhutan Designated Their Second Largest Park
From Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper - Bhutan 15 December, 2008 - It was a tribute to the Wangchuck dynasty for a century of visionary leadership in conservation of Bhutan’s rich natural heritage. And for once, it was the only protected area comprising of all four national symbols-flower, animal, tree and ...
Dr. Charudutt Mishra, Snow Leopard Trust Science and Conservation Director, awarded the 2009 Khoshoo Memorial Award in Conservation
SLN Member and Snow Leopard Trust Science and Conservation Director Dr. Charudutt Mishra was recently recognized for his excellence in conservation work by the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) in India. He was awarded the 2009 Khoshoo Memorial Award in Conservation, peer-level recognition of his achievements ...
Video footage of two snow leopards hunting a Dzo
From: Matthew Millan [mailto:ashearer30@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:20 PM Subject: Very Rare Footage of Two snow Leopards hunting a Dzo Hello All, While climbing Stok Kangri Glacier in Ladakh, India in the late spring of 2004, I encountered two snow leopards in the middle of killing a dzo ...