snow leopard conservation: tales from the top of the world
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Tales from the Top of the World
Rodney JacksonSnow Leopard Conservancy
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Tales from the Top of the World
Introduction by Dr. Don MooreSmithsonian’s National Zoo
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Partnering with local people to advance community based stewardship
of snow leopards
Tales from the Top of the World
Rodney JacksonSnow Leopard Conservancy
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First Photograph of a Wild Snow Leopard
Pakistan, 1972George B. Schaller
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Snow leopardsAdaptations for high mountain life
• Long tail for balance
• Large, padded forepaws & strong chest
• Luxuriant fur
• Enlarged nasal passage & high red blood cell count
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What is the Current Status of Snow Leopards?
• Shy, elusive, rarely sighted• Only 3,500-7,000(?) left in wild• Endangered across its 12 range
countries range
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Sacred Hermitage, Lapche, Nepal
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Ger in Tost Uul, South Gobi
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Bactrian CamelsGansu Province, China
Great Gobi National Park, Mongolia
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Winter – best time for studying snow leopards
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National Parks & Other Protected Areas Critical Habitat for Snow Leopards
Mt Amadablam (with Mt. Everest in background) Sagarmatha NP, Nepal
Skyu-Kaya in Hemis NP, Ladakh (India)
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Primary Threats -- poaching for profit or retribution
West Nepal 1976
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Photo: NGS
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Widespread poaching of wildlife
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Snow Leopards Need Good Natural Prey Base
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Worst Case Scenario Multiple livestock losses from poorly constructed pens
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SLC’s Conservation Strategy
Change local perception of snow leopard as a pest
Foster community-based stewardship of snow leopards, prey & habitat at the landscape level
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1. DISCOVER
2. DREAM
3. DESIGN
4. DELIVER
The 4 “D’s”
Community planning from the bottom up
What you seek is what you will find
What you believe in -- and act on – will matter most
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Typical Planning Exercise: Ranking of Mortality Sources(Participants don’t need to know how to read or write)
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Simple Tools to Visualize the FutureContrasting communities - harmony or conflict?
poster shows different scenarios & stimulates debate
Livestock husbandry
poster commissioned
in the
style of traditional
Buddhist monastery art
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Eliminate catastrophic livestock losses by predator-proofing night-time corrals
Photo Steve Winter NGS
Each community corral project protects 5+ snow leopardsfrom poisoning or other retributive killing
Direct Cost: $800 - $2,000
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Participatory Planning Achieves Better Results
Poorly-designed & unused corral at base of cliff -- result of top-down planning
• Values indigenous knowledge
• Involve all in planning
• Foster community pride, resilience & self-sufficiency
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Pamir Mountains,Tajikistan
Qomolangma Nature Preserve, Tibet
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Profitable & Environmentally Friendly Parachute CafésHelp Save Snow Leopards
Solar-cooker for safe drinking water….saving scarce fuelwood
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Himalayan Homestays
Experience Traditional Life in a Himalayan Village
Rumbak VillageHemis National Park, Ladakh
www.himalayan-homestays.com
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How villagers use extra income from Homestays
• Send children to school in Leh
• Re-invest in homestays & parachute cafes (furniture, solar showers, more items for sale)
• Plant trees & fodder to reduce grazing in wildlife areas
• Village clean-up campaign
• Village Conservation Fund (contribute 10-15% of revenues)
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Before, snow leopards were a despised predatorBut now, thanks to SLC …
Snow leopards & other wildlife are like a necklace around our mountains.
Comment by villager to Rinchen Wangchuk, SLC India Director
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Photo: Som Ale
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Kids’ reader “My Grandmother Says” now
in five languages (including Tibetan
Braille)
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Meeting with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama National Geographic Forum of Conservationists
2006
Photo: NGS
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Merging the world of facts & figures with the spirit world
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Petroglyphs throughout Siberia’s Altai-Sayan Ecoregion record messages from ancestors
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Russia’s Gorno-Altay Republic & Southern Siberia
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The Soyot Spiritual Protector
Monument at Sacred Waterfall
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Welcoming CeremonySoyot Community
Eastern Sayan Mountains, Siberia
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Norbu
Buddhist Lama & Soyot Sharman
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Kosh Agash School PlayMay 2010
Snow Leopard FestivalAltai Mountains
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Argut River Nature Park
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Snow leopards in Tuva - Alexander Kuksin
Camera Trap Training, Gorno-Altai, August 2010
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Snow Leopard Video loading….
Hemis National Park, India - 2004
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The Story of Togoldor in Mongolia’s Baga Bogd Mountain
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Togoldor’s Travels
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Non-invasive Genetic Surveys
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Scat Survey Sites in Mongolia
Gurvansaikhan National Park – 17 snow leopards detected
(10 ♂ 7 ♀ along 66.9 km of transects)
867 scats collected to date
Russia
China
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Remote camera photos taken by villagers in Northern Pakistan
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1 (behind Mom)2
3
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National Geographic Magazine - June 2008
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PBS Nature Series (2006) - Silent Roar
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Special Thanks to:American Himalayan Foundation Australian Himalayan FoundationCGMK Foundation Calgary Zoological Society Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund National Geographic SocietyOmidyar Foundation SeaWorld Busch Gardens Conservation Fund San Francisco Zoological Society Shared Earth FoundationThe Christensen Fund Wild Cat Education & Conservation FundWildlife Conservation Network (WCN)
And supporters like you…
Visit www.snowleopardconservancy.org