Himalayan glaciers are melting fast and may disappear within decades, affecting as many as 750 million people downstream who depend on the glacial melt for their water, according to a new UN report. Rivers in the region such as the Ganges, the Indus and the Brahmaputra, as well as others ...

Source: Russian News and Information Agency NOVOSIBIRSK, March 7 (RIA Novosti) - The number of snow leopards in Russia's southwestern Siberian Altai Republic has fallen from 40 in the late 1990s to 10-15, the director of the Gorny Altai nature preserve said on Friday. Russia has an estimated total of ...

Source: WWF Web Site An Uttar Pradesh, India seizure consisted of 70 leopard skins, four tiger skins, black buck skins, 18,000 leopard claws, and 132 tiger claws. © Rahul Dutta, TRAFFIC India 06 Feb 2008 Kathmandu, Nepal – All eight South Asian nations have agreed to step up cooperation in ...

Today the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) announced the initiation in Mongolia of the first ever long-term comprehensive ecological study of snow leopards. The program is a collaborative effort involving SLT, Snow Leopard Conservation Fund (Mongolia), Felidae Conservation Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Mongolia’s Ministry of Nature and Environment, and the ...

Source: BBC Online Collar 'key' to snow leopard secrets By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News Snow leopard captured on BBC wildlife fil Lying somewhere in the mountainous, snow-cloaked terrain of Pakistan's Tooshi Game Reserve is a collar that could help unlock the secrets of the elusive snow leopard. For ...

I am very pleased to announce that the International Snow Leopard Conference will take place from 9-11 March in Beijing, China.Please see the attached announcement for details, and don't hesitate to contact me at heather@snowleopardnetwork.org if you have any questions or concerns. Be sure to keep checking back for updates ...

Drink vodka cocktails, save the snow leopard Source: Smart Planet News It's estimated that there are only 3,000 to 7,000 snow leopards left in the wild worldwide, and the outlook is bleak as poachers continue to hunt them down for their incredibly attractive furs. Thankfully, the conservation effort to protect ...

SLN Member Alexander Vereschagin advocates a local and global approach to snow leopard conservation. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency Khabar -- Snow leopard populations continue to shrink, in the last decade alone its numbers falling by 40 percent in some countries. Kyrgyz scientists cite extermination by humans as one of ...

National Geographic Kids shares the story of Leo, the cub who went to live at the Bronx Zoo (Dec 07/Jan 08 Issue). Click "more" for next page ...

Snow leopard: Beyond the myth Fri 4 Jan 8.00pm BBC Two and Sun 6 Jan In 2004 a team from the BBC's Planet Earth filmed intimate images of a snow leopard, high in the mountains of northern Pakistan. The experience marked the beginning of a love affair with the snow ...