Training Park Managers in Snow Leopard Conservation - Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve, Tibet

Snow Leopard Conservancy - Conservation Program

Training Park Managers in conservation of Snow Leopards – Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve, Tibet

Pronounced Chomo lang'ma, the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve covers over 34,000 sq.km of southern Tibet on the border between China and Nepal. The preserve includes five of the world’s highest peaks over 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, and offers extensive habitat for snow leopards. Deep river gorges penetrate southward through the Himalayan range, providing shelter for rich biodiversity. The juxtaposition of two major biogeographical zones provides habitat for Tibet’s only populations of the Assamese macaque. Besides the elusive snow leopard, here are also found the Himalayan palm civet, Himalayan musk deer, Himalayan tahr, Tibetan wild ass, and blue sheep. Approximately 68,000 Tibetans live within the Preserve as sedentary cultivators or nomadic herders residing in scattered villages, where livestock depredation by snow leopards is a recurring problem.

2001:

Assisted Dr. Lhakpa Sherpa of the Qomolangma Conservation Project, sponsored by The Mountain Institute, in conducting a seven-day management training workshop for staff from the Park Management Bureau offices. Special attention was given to the need for integrated ecosystem management, people-wildlife conflict resolution and the protection of rare species like snow leopard. Future activities will center around corral predator-proofing.

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