IPROMO 2009 course on “Developing economic opportunities for mountain areas”
17 July to 1 August 2009 Italy Dear Mountain Partnership members and friends, Following the success of last yearo' IPROMO summer course, we are happy to announce the second training course on sustainable mountain development for Mountain Partnership members. The programme, called IPROMO -- International Programme for Education and Training ...
Protecting God’s Cats in Nepal: Livestock Insurance Scheme in the Himalayas has helped save the endangered snow leopards
Sanjib K. Chaudhary (sanjib) Published 2009-03-18 16:17 (KST) in Korea’s OhmyNews One of the world's most beautiful and elusive cats, the snow leopards (Uncia uncia), considered God's pets by the local communities in the Himalayas, are in grave danger. They inhabit the high, rugged, harsh and barren environs and are ...
Rare snow leopard found at foot of Mount Everest
www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-18 12:24:59 LHASA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Farmers in Tibet have found a snow leopard at the northern foot of Mount Qomolangma, also known as Everest, said the local forestry department. The leopard was spotted near Cangmujian Village, Rongxia Township in Tingri, a county in southern Tibet early this ...
Afghanistan: Deforestation marches on
From the Thomas Reuters Foundation AlertNet: 17 Mar 2009 09:22:39 GMT Source: IRIN Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. JALALABAD, 17 March 2009 (IRIN) - The eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar has lost about ...
WWF Russia released a report on attitudes toward hunting and poaching in the Altai-Sayan region
WWF Russia released a report in English by Agnieszka Halemba and Brian Donahoe of the University of Leipzig and Max Planck Institute respectively on attitudes toward hunting and poaching in the Altai-Sayan region, including some material on attitude toward hunting of snow leopard. The report can be downloaded at http://www.wwf.ru/altay/eng/ ...
Gorno-Altai customs officials seized snow leopard skin & skull
Regnum-Altai newspaper reported Jan. 20 2009 that customs officials in the Gorno-Altai seized one snow leopard skin and skull as contraband. Thanks to SLN member Kathleen Braden for this update ...
Tools that leave wildlife unbothered widen research horizons
By Jim Robbins New York Times Posted: 03/10/2009 10:19:39 PM PDT You may remember Sen. John McCain's criticism of a study of grizzly bear DNA as wasteful spending. You may have wondered how the scientists got the DNA from the grizzlies. The answer is hair. The study, which McCain referred ...
Georgia man fined for wildlife violations, including possession of a snow leopard carcass
Fort Mill TimesSaturday, February 28, 2009 Ga. man fined for wildlife violations(Published February 25, 2009)ATLANTA — A Georgia man has been fined $15,000 for possession of a snow leopard carcass and 45 skulls of endangered or protected animals in violation of federal wildlife laws.Federal prosecutors say 49-year-old Toru Shimoji of ...
A Force for Endangered Species: George Schaller
By Patrice O’Shaughnessy of the New York Daily News Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 1:24 AM He's an unassuming man, with gray hair, pale eyes and a measured voice. But if not for ...
Snow Leopard Photographer Steve Winter Wins World Press Photo Contest
On 13 February 2008, Steve Winter won first prize in the Nature Stories category of the 52nd annual World Press Photo Contest for his June 2008 NG article and photographs, "Snow Leopards: Out of the Shadows". About the contest: ...