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Population Assessment of the World’s Snow Leopards
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LATEST NEWS
Interview with National Focal Point from Mongolia
Global Leaders call for snow leopard to be identified as the mascot of climate adaptation and mountain ecology at the GSLEP Steering Committee Meeting in Samarkand
GSLEP honoured students on the occasion of Biodiversity Day
FACILITATING A TRANSBOUNDARY GOVERNMENTAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE THREATS TO A SPECIES
Melis Turgunbaev: 10 years of GSLEP cooperation
A message from our Co-Chair, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources for the Royal Government of Bhutan
The snow leopard is the national symbol of Kyrgyzstan
Joint Statement Calling the World’s Attention to Climate Resilience and Snow Leopards in the Third Pole
President of Kyrgyzstan Calls for Action to Protect Snow Leopards and Mountain Ecosystems
Asia’s leaders unite for Climate Adaptation in the Third Pole for Snow Leopards (CATS) & People
PAST EVENTS
Snow leopard – symbol of the Third Pole
The VIII Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Detailed Agenda
Asia’s leaders unite for Climate Adaptation in the Third Pole for Snow Leopards (CATS) & People
The 2022 Bishkek Resolution of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem
Asia’s leaders launch new programs for snow leopard conservation
Transboundary cooperation for the snow leopard and its ecosystems conservation in Central Asia
How Bees and Trees Protect Snow Leopards
The goal of the GSLEP
The goal of the GSLEP program is to secure at least 20 landscapes by 2020. Various activities, including workshops, high-level meetings, briefings,…
3rd GSLEP Steering Committee Meeting
The Bishkek Declaration 2017 was adopted by the 12 snow leopard range countries during the International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Conservation…
International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum (Summit 2017)
The International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum will bring together heads and representatives of the Governments of the twelve snow leopard…
SNOW LEOPARD RANGE COUNTRIES
Afghanistan
Afghanistan encompasses the far western range extent of the snow leopard’s distribution. Included within Afghanistan’s range is the Wakhan Corridor, the narrow panhandle of land in Badakhshan province (in the far northeast of the…
Kyrgyzstan
There are about two percent of the world’s species of flora and more than three percent of the species…
Kazakhstan
The snow leopard is an official symbol of Kazakhstan, which was a suggestion of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Thus,…
Tajikistan
Tajikistan contains around 250-280 snow leopards primarily within the Pamir Mountain range. Tajikistan is located in the center…
Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan the edge of the snow leopard’s range is represented by boundary areas of two independent, unconnected groups – Tien-Shan and Pamir-Alai. Both populations occupy territories, which are developed as the result of extensive…
Country updates 2021
PARTNERS
Snow Leopard Conservancy
Snow Leopard Conservancy has been a GSLEP program partner since its inception. SLC’s senior staff provide technical expertise based on nearly four decades of snow leopard research and conservation, particularly in participatory, community…
Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society has been a GLSEP program partner since its inception. As the first international conservation organization to perform focused snow leopard field research (dating back to George Schaller’s fieldwork the 1970s),…
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been an active partner of the GSLEP program since its inception…
University of Central Asia (UCA)
The University of Central Asia (UCA) was founded in 2000 based on an international treaty signed by the Presidents of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan and His Highness the Aga Khan. UCA’s mission…
University of Central Asia (UCA)
The University of Central Asia (UCA) was founded in 2000 based on an international treaty signed by the Presidents of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan and His Highness the Aga Khan. UCA’s mission…
Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been an active partner of the GLSEP program since its inception. GEF has provided financial and technical support through series of regional and national projects on snow leopard…
Pallas’s cat International Conservation Alliance
Snow Leopard Trust
The Snow Leopard Trust has been an active partner of the GSLEP program since its inception. SLT supports the secretariat through secondment of staff for program coordination, hiring of senior advisors, hosting the website,…
Flora and Fauna International
Fauna & Flora International has been an active partner of the GSLEP program since its inception. FFI supports the program through organization and facilitation of country and regional level snow leopard conservation workshops, provision…
Marwell Wildlife
Marwell Wildlife and Beijing Forestry University (BFU)’s Wildlife Institute, led by Dr Shi Kun, have formed a collaborative alliance to further develop their programme of work for the snow leopard started by Dr. Philip…
Snow Leopard Trust
The Snow Leopard Trust has been an active partner of the GSLEP program since its inception. SLT supports the secretariat through secondment of staff for program coordination, hiring of senior advisors, hosting the website,…
Snow Leopard Network
The Snow Leopard Network is a worldwide organization dedicated to facilitating the exchange of information between individuals around the world for the purpose of snow leopard conservation. Our membership includes leading snow leopard experts…