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LATEST NEWS
Country updates 2021
Vanishing Treasures Communication Workshop Climate and Environment Storytelling
Transboundary cooperation for the snow leopard and its ecosystems conservation in Central Asia
How Bees and Trees Protect Snow Leopards
Key News from WWF Russia 2021
Call for Submissions #EncounterUncia
6th Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program, 22 October 2021
Update on GEF Project “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pamir Alay and Tien Shan Ecosystems for Snow Leopard Protection and Sustainable Community Livelihoods”
Snow Leopard Individual Identification- Increasing precision in camera-trap abundance estimates?
PAWS: Preliminary estimates of Mongolia’s snow leopard population released
PAST EVENTS
Vanishing Treasures Communication Workshop Climate and Environment Storytelling
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 Day – 2016
Committed to raising awareness for the plight of an iconic species, the twelve Asian countries that are home to the cat celebrated October 23rd,..
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…
Pre-Forum Expert Meeting
Senior officials from all snow leopard range countries to meet in Bishkek to finalize the agenda and policy documents for the 2017 Global Forum…
2nd Steering Committee Meeting, Kathmandu, Nepal
The Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Program is pleased to announce the 2nd Steering Committee Meeting, to be held in…
SNOW LEOPARD RANGE COUNTRIES
Kyrgyzstan
There are about two percent of the world’s species of flora and more than three percent of the species…
Country updates 2021
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…
Kazakhstan
The snow leopard is an official symbol of Kazakhstan, which was a suggestion of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Thus,…
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…
PARTNERS
Snow Leopard Individual Identification- Increasing precision in camera-trap abundance estimates?
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…
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…
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been an active partner of the GSLEP program since its inception…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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),…
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…