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National Focal Point for GSLEP from Mongolia, Uranchimeg, Director of Natural Resources Policy and Coordination Department of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The honorable Minister made a video speech during the recent Steering Committee Meeting in Samarkand....

To mark the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Kyrgyz State University named after I. Arabaev in Bishkek hosted a roundtable discussion. The event focused on two magnificent big cat species: the snow leopard and the Arabian leopard. The scientific...

GSLEP featured as a case study in the guidelines on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC). This case study underscores GSLEP’s commitment to promoting unity for snow leopard...

The Vanishing Treasures Expert Committee has identified the list of participants for the communications workshop  on climate and environment storytelling. The list includes journalists from Kyrgyzstan working in prominent Kyrgyz media outlets of photojournalism,...

The world is currently facing an unprecedented situation. The ongoing pandemic reminds us again about the need to care better for our natural world and local communities.

Representatives from nine snow leopard range countries gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal, for a workshop on…

This September, an international snow leopard conference brought together experts, government officials and NGO representatives in Shenzhen, China…

Countries and International Organizations to jointly Tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade in Central Asia Central Asia’s endangered species – including the…

As part of the 2017 International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, a symposium on science, conservation and…

Joint initiative of range countries, conservationists and academics will result in the first scientifically robust estimate of the global snow leopard…

Ministers or their nominees representing the 12 snow leopard range countries, senior government officials (GSLEP national focal points), technical…

To mark International Snow Leopard Day, the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic und UNDP have…

August 24-25, 2017, Bishkek We, the representatives of the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the People’s…

The draft of the Declaration was finalized by senior officials of snow leopard range countries at the Pre-Forum meeting on 3rd Aug 2017. It was…

Snow Leopard Habitat in Asia Holds Earth’s Largest Ice and Permafrost Store Outside of North and South Poles. Press Release, Global Snow…

Press Release, Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP), March 21rd, 2017. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The snow leopard mostly dwells in the high mountains, above the tree line – but this endangered cat’s habitat…

Press Release, March 3rd, 2017. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Seven wildlife crime law enforcement officials in Kyrgyzstan have received a Citizen Ranger Wildlife Award for their courage in the fight against illegal hunting in the country’s…

All twelve snow leopard range countries attend high-level meeting in Nepal, reiterate their commitment to the objective of securing 20 snow leopard landscapes across the cat’s range by 2020. Download press release as PDF…

Press Release: GSLEP Steering Committee Meeting in Kathmandu
Global effort to save the endangered snow leopard: Ministers from snow leopard range countries discuss progress and next steps. 2nd Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) to be…

On behalf of the Government of Nepal, and in coordination with the Honorable Chair and Co-Chair of the Steering Committee, it is our pleasure to announce the 2nd Steering Committee of the Global Snow…

Practical advice for Management Planning of conservation landscapes in snow leopard habitat To help range countries design conservation action for the 23 landscapes they have identified to be secured under the GLSEP program, the…

17 июня 2016 года в г.Каракол прошел стартовый семинар по сбору и анализу информации для подготовки Плана управления для территории Центрального Тань-Шаня. Данный семинар проходил в рамках достижения общей цели Глобальной программы по сохранению…

A working seminar was held on June 17th in Karakol (Kyrgyzstan) on the collection and analysis of data that will inform the Management plan for the Central Tien Shan within the framework of the common goal…

Kyrgyz delegation joins Tiger Conservation conference in India to highlight the common challenges faces by a fellow big cat, the snow leopard. The delegation from Kyrgyzstan, led by N. Zhumaev, Deputy director of the…

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath of that universal love which bears and sustains us, as it floats around us in an eternity of blist.

Catalyst grants available to range countries for developing management plans of snow leopard landscapes. A catalyst grants program to support snow leopard range countries in developing management plans for GSLEP landscapes was proposed at the…

The Business Recorder, December 8th, 2015 ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid has said that Pakistan was fully committed to the objective of conservation of nature and was willing to play its…

by Rina Saeed Khan, The Dawn, December 8th, 2015 The Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Programme held a meeting in Paris on Monday that was chaired by the federal Minister for Climate Change, Zahid Hamid….

The Business Recorder, December 8th, 2015 ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid has said that Pakistan was fully committed to the objective of conservation of nature and was willing to play its…

Dear friends, It is our pleasure to share with you the second issue of Ilbirs-the newsletter of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program. You can download a pdf from here: Ilbirs (English)…

About Spot about the ways how to save snow leopard aka Irbis population in Kazakhstan. Direction, 2d/3d animation, art direction, design: Azamat Sayfullaev Cel animation & pencil drawings: Nikolas Journoud Producer: Andrey Rasputin Production:…

Genetically based modifications of hemoglobin (Hb) function that increase blood–O2 affinity are hallmarks of hypoxia adaptation in vertebrates. Among mammals, felid Hbs are unusual in that they have low intrinsic O2 affinities and…

KABUL: Latest pictures of the endangered Snow Leopard have emerged from the remote Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with estimates showing that a surprisingly robust population of possibly a hundred…

How these big cats thrive in low-oxygen mountain habitats is still a mystery, study says. By Carrie Arnold, National Geographic PUBLISHED August 05, 2015 The snow leopard might rule the high reaches of…

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to share with you the first volume of Ilbirs., newsletter of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program. Ilbirs. in English Ilbirs. in Russian The newsletter will be…

Youth, I find, are generally an angry people. In adolescence, people realize that the world is an imperfect place, and they begin to concern themselves with things that seem bigger and older than…

We, the indigenous cultural practitioners of the snow leopard range countries, welcome global efforts for the conservation of snow leopards and express our readiness to collaborate in the development and implementation of the comprehensive…

Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) has recently led to local and global extinctions of several species such as the tiger in several parts of its range, Sumatran rhino and Pyrenean ibex. Often…

Back in 2013, a cub, only a few months old from Khunjerab Valley, was found by members of the community. Under the assumption she was abandoned, they removed the cub from the wild…

Several research and conservation initiatives are being implemented in Kyrgyzstan toward achieving the goals of GSLEP program. This kind of collaboration between government agencies and non-government agencies can be replicated for future conservation…

Seeking to develop baseline data on key species in the country, Bhutan leads the way in conducting a Nationwide Snow Leopard Survey. The population estimates conducted in the beginning of the 21st century…

On November 4th, Bhutan observed its first International Snow Leopard Day. Celebrations took place at the Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve, Haa. The theme for 2014’s celebration was “conserving snow leopards to secure…

Afghanistan has identified the Wakhan snow leopard landscape to be secured under the GSLEP program. Since 2009, more than 5,000 snow leopard pictures have been taken there on camera traps. These pictures are…

Pakistan is ready to work with Nepal for protection and conservation of snow leopard and its habitat in the region and elsewhere in the world. This was said by Federal Minister for Climate Change,…

GPS location data show a Mongolian snow leopard tracing the paw marks of another male cat that used to live in the same mountain range. Earlier this year, a new male snow leopard…

Kashif Syed has just joined our Pakistan partner organization, the Snow Leopard Foundation, as Communications Coordinator. In his first report for us, he sheds light on why live snow leopards are once again considered to…

Love has found a way to prevail at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington with the recent birth of two female snow leopard cubs from cats Rilu and Hima, who were first introduced back…

Wildlife conservation experts in Nepal say they have made a significant advance by fitting a satellite collar on a second snow leopard in the Kanchenjunga Himalayan region. Despite many attempts, it is nearly two..

Dear colleagues, friends and supporters! The World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June around the world every year to attract the attention of humanity to the plight of our beautiful planet and all..

Thanks to the generous support of many of you, we’ve been able to purchase urgently needed research cameras and have begun monitoring the snow leopards of Kyrgyzstan’s Sarychat area systematically last year. While…

April 22, 2015 launched the first cycle of interactive lessons “Snow Leopard – a unique inhabitant of the mountains” for schoolchildren of Bishkek. During the lessons the students not only learn a lot…

JAMMU, Apr 9: Police claimed to have arrested two poachers and seized 3 snow leopard skins from them in Kishtwar, today. Official reports said, on specific information District Police Kishtwar achieved a major…

By Olga Gertcyk Photo traps capture beauty of the big cat stalking the landscape by day and night in shadow of Altai Mountains. Majestic images of one of the world’s rarest big cats have…

The Snow Leopard Trust has great news this week with the announcement that they have captured and collared their 20th wild snow leopard in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains, the area of their 10 year long…

The Secretariat of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Program strongly condemns the acts and circumstances surrounding the repulsive photograph of a person posing with a dead snow leopard that has started…

Congratulations to the Hon. Minister for Climate Change from Pakistan Mr. Mushahid Ullah Khan, who has been elected chairman of international steering committee of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Program at…

The first High level meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program was held successfully on the 19th and 20th of March 2015 near Bishkek in village Koi..

The Steering Committee from ‪‎snow leopard range countries are discussing the joint efforts for implementation of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program. Only joint efforts can save endangered animals such as the…

Federal Minister for Climate Change and Senator, Mushahid Ullah Khan said here on Thursday that Pakistan is committed to joining global efforts and playing its part for protection and conservation of the endangered snow…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan has said that melting glaciers in Pakistan’s north pose a severe threat to snow leopards. The minister was talking to the media here at the Shaheed…

The goal of the Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Plan (GSLEP) is for the 12 range countries, with support from interested organizations, to work together to identify and secure 20 snow leopard landscapes…

Today we celebrate International Wildlife Day with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message “Getting serious about wildlife crime means enrolling the support of all sections of society involved in the production and consumption of wildlife…

We are now in the coldest part of winter in the Himalayan and Central Asian mountains snow leopards call home. Let’s remind ourselves how these cats have adapted to the extreme cold (minus…

The GSLEP steering committee, the high-level body tasked with guiding the Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Plan’s implementation, will hold its first meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on March 19th and 20th. This…