Snow Leopard Conservancy -- Publications

(The publications are in pdf format.)

Camera Trapping Handbook

Surveying Snow Leopard Populations with Emphasis on Camera Trapping:
A Handbook (lower res pdf – 2.7 Mb)

Surveying Snow Leopard Populations with Emphasis on Camera Trapping:
A Handbook (higher res pdf – 4.3 Mb)

Surveying Snow Leopard Populations Chinese Language Version (5.61 Mb)

Chettri, Nakul, Nature Guide Training; Leh and Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India, June, 2003 (pdf 384kb)

Jackson, Rodney, Home Range, Movement and Habitat Use of Snow Leopard (Uncia Uncia) in Nepal, 1996 (pdf 2.34MB)

____________, Pakistan’s Community-based Trophy Hunting Programs and Their Relationship to Snow Leopard Conservation, Snow Leopard Conservancy, August 30, 2004 (pdf 81.3 kb

____________, Snow Leopards in Nepal, Oryx (Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society), 1979 (pdf 1.11MB)

____________, People-Wildlife Conflict Management in the Qomolangma Nature Preserve, Tibet. Proc. International Workshop, “Tibet’s Biodiversity: Conservation and Management,” (Wu Ning, D. Miller, Lhu Zhu and J. Springer, Eds.), 1998. (pdf 32kb)

____________, Snow Leopards, Local People and Livestock Losses: Finding Solutions using Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action (APPA) in the Markha Valley of Hemis National Park, Ladakh. CAT News 31, p 22-23. Autumn 1999. (pdf 22kb)

____________, Community Participation: Tools and Examples, presented at the “Management Planning Workshop for the Trans-Himalayan Protected Areas,” Leh, Ladakh, 2000, (pdf 68kb)

____________, Gary G. Ahlborn, and Mahesh Gurung, and Som Ale, Reducing Livestock Depredation Losses in the Nepalese Himalaya, Proc. 17th Vertebrate Pest Conference, (R.M. Timm & A.C. Crabb, Eds.), U.C. Davis, 1996 (pdf 118kb)

____________, and Jain, Nandita, Mountain Cultures, Keystone Species: Exploring the Role of Cultural Keystone Species in Central Asia, (pdf 955kb)

____________, and Jerry Roe, Preliminary observations on non-invasive techniques for identifying individual snow leopards and monitoring populations, presented at the Snow Leopard Survival Summit, 2002 (7.44kb)

____________, Jerry D. Roe, Rinchen Wangchuk and Don O. Hunter Camera Trapping of Snow Leopards, (307kb)

____________, J.D. Roe, R. Wangchuk and D.O. Hunter. Estimating Snow Leopard Population Abundance Using Photography and Capture–Recapture Techniques. Wildlife Society Bulletin – 2006. 34(3):772–781 (available upon request).

____________, and Rinchen Wangchuk, A Community-based Approach to Mitigating Livestock Depredation by Snow Leopards (Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Volume 9, Number 4 [pages 307-315], IUCN Special Issue), 2004 (pdf 44kb)

____________, and Rinchen Wangchuk, Fostering Co-existence with Predators in Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India, presented at the symposium “People and Predators - Conserving Problem Mammals” International Theriological Congress (ITC8), Sun City, South Africa, 2001. (pdf 12kb)

____________, and Rinchen Wangchuk, Linking Snow Leopard Conservation and People-Wildlife Conflict Resolution: Grassroots Measures to Protect the Endangered Snow Leopard from Herder Retribution, in Endangered Species Update, Vol 18, No. 4, 2001. (pdf 452kb)

____________, Rinchen Wangchuk and Darla Hillard, Grassroots Measures To Protect the Endangered Snow Leopard from Herder Retribution: Lessons Learned from Predator-Proofing Corrals in Ladakh, presented at the Snow Leopard Survival Summit, 2002 (pdf 154kb)

____________, Rinchen Wangchuk and Jigmet Dadul, Local People’s Attitudes toward Wildlife Conservation in the Hemis National Park with Special Reference to the Conservation of Large Predators, July 2003, (pdf 214kb)

Jain, Nandita, Wangchuk, Rinchen, and Rodney Jackson, An Assessment of CBT and Homestay Sites in Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh, August 19, 2003 (pdf 161kb)

Snow Leopard Conservancy, A Survey of Kathmandu-based Trekking Agencies: Market Opportunities for Linking Community Based Ecotourism with Conservation of Snow Leopard and the Annapurna Conservation Area, December, 2002 (219kb)

Snow Leopard Conservancy, Report on a Nature Guiding Training Workshop held in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, June 15-21, 2004 (217kb)

Snow Leopard Conservancy, Visitor Attitude and Market Survey for Planning Community-based Tourism Initiatives in Rural Ladakh, December, 2001 (303kb)

Snow Leopard Conservancy, Visitor Satisfaction and Opportunity Survey Manang, Nepal: Market Opportunities for Linking Community Based Ecotourism with Conservation of Snow Leopard and the Annapurna Conservation Area, July, 2002 (303kb)

Wangchuk, Rinchen, A Learning Tour of the CBN (Corbett, Nainital and Binsar) Eco-tourism Initiative Sites by Villagers from Hemis National Park and the Surrounding Area(18-28th November 2002) (pdf 341kb)

____________, and Rodney Jackson, A Community-based Approach to Mitigating Livestock-Wildlife Conflict in Ladakh, India, presented at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development conference, Lhasa, Tibet, 2002 (pdf 31.8kb)

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