Snow Leopard Range Countries
The alliance for the snow leopard
Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
These 12 countries represent the vast diversity of cultures, religions, languages and landscapes of Asia. But beyond all differences, they are united in their role as the guardians of the snow leopard. They all share a vision to conserve snow leopards and their valuable high-mountain ecosystems, and have joined forces in a range-wide effort – the GSLEP.
Country updates 2021
The GSLEP Resolution 2020, endorsed by the snow leopard range countries identified resource mobilization, inclusive economic development, animal-human healthcare, and diseasesurveillance as priority areas. The range countries also extended their support...
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…
Bhutan
Pastoralism is highly predominant in the highlands of Bhutan stretching from East to West, an ecosystem widely…
China
China is home to the world’s largest snow leopard population, with an estimated 2000 – 2500 individuals….
India
Snow leopard habitats in India are spread over the northern Himalayan mountains of the states of Jammu…
Kazakhstan
The snow leopard is an official symbol of Kazakhstan, which was a suggestion of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Thus,…
Kyrgyzstan
There are about two percent of the world’s species of flora and more than three percent of the species…
Mongolia
The Mongolian snow leopard population is 2nd largest in the world, with about 1000 individuals; distributed in…
Nepal
In Nepal, snow leopards are found in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) in the east to Api-Nampa…
Pakistan
An estimated 200–420 snow leopards exist in Pakistan across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Azad Jammu…
Russia
In Russia the snow leopard is at the northernmost edge of its contemporary range and has only a…
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…