Outreach and Education Partners

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)

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Who We Are: Headquarters; Rodney Jackson; Som Ale; Darla Hillard; Joyce Robinson; Smudge; Board of Directors; Our Associates; Andrew Chinn; Charleen Gavette; Jan Janecka; Barb Palmer; Jerry Roe; Our Partners; Our Volunteers; In-country Staff; Nagendra Budhathoki; Karim Ullah Khan; Ghulam Wafi Shah & Ulfat Shah; Pema Tsereing; Snow Leopard Conservancy – India
How We Work: Our Mission; Our Focus; Protecting Snow Leopards; Program Activities; Empowering Villagers; Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action; Good Science; Threats Based Analysis; Design Criteria; Building Local Ownership; Project Sites; Snow Leopard Network
Conservation
Surveying Snow Leopards: Range Map; Sign Surveys; Marking in Free-Ranging Snow Leopards in West Nepal:
a Preliminary Assessment (pdf – 1.36 Mb); Snow leopard sign transect method (pdf - 225 kb); Materials for calculating sign density (Excel file - 95 kb); SLIMS Menu; Snow Leopards in Nepal – Home Range and Movements (pdf - 1456 kb); Camera Trapping; 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); Snow Leopard Survey and Conservation Handbook –
(Pp 1 – 28) (pdf 4,290 kb); Snow Leopard Survey and Conservation Handbook –
(Pp 29 – 65) (pdf 2,262 kb); Snow Leopard Survey and Conservation Handbook –
(Pp 66 – 154, Appendix) (pdf 1,805 kb); Home Range, Movements and Habitat Use of Snow Leopard in Nepal
(pdf 2,406 kb); CyberTracker; Noninvasive Genetic Surveys of Snow Leopards; DNA Sampling Protocol-Scat (pdf - 70 kb); Data Codes and Definitions (pdf - 24 kb); Scat Sample Data Form (pdf - 7 kb); Scat Genetics Survey Methodology for Snow Leopards (pdf - 119 kb)
India: Ladakh; Shan The newsletter of Snow Leopard India Trust (pdf 838 kb); Community Based Eco-tourism; Successful “Quest for the Snow Leopard”; Take a Snow Leopard Trek; Winter Trek (pdf); Summer Trek (pdf); Traditional Himalayan Homestays; Traditional Himalayan Homestays — Page 2; Poster (pdf); Parachute Cafés; Leaflets (pdf); Nature Guides; A Report on Nature Guide Training, Ladakh (pdf); A Report on the Spiti Nature Guide Training Workshop (pdf); Camera-trapping; Interpretative Materials; Hemis High Altitude National Park (pdf); Parachute Cafés (pdf); Wildlife of Hemis National Park (pdf); Field Notes; Ladakh Field Notes; Rod’s Field Notes – 2005 (pdf); Old Field Notes; Barbara’s Notes; Jigmet’s Notes; Rodney’s Notes; Rodney’s Notes (Page 2); Tashi’s Notes; Zanskar; Lingshed; Field Notes; Journey Into Zanskar; Page Two; Page Three; Page Four; Page Five; Page Six; Page Seven; Walking on Ice – In the Steps of the Snow Leopard; Page Two; Page Three; Page Four; Page Five; Page Six; Spiti; Spiti Field Notes
Mongolia
Nepal: Humla; Mustang; Field Notes; Nepal Field Notes – Summer, 2005 (pdf 231 kb); Dolpa
Pakistan: Northern Areas; Baltistan; Hushe Village Honored; Project Snow Leopard; Baltistan Field Notes; Ghulam Mohammad reports recent work of PSL; Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund honors Hushey Village; Skoyo Village, Baltistan; Gojal; Khunjerab Village Organization; Gojal Field Notes
Tibet
Tajikistan: Activities in 2005 – 2006; Collaboration in Tajikistan; Pamir Map; Final Report “Mountain Cultures, Keystone Species: Exploring the Role of
Cultural Keystone Species in Central Asia” (pdf 955 kb).; Executive Summary – Tajik Language Version (pdf 142 kb); Executive Summary – Russian Language Version (pdf 174 kb); Conservation Archive; Ladakh Project (pdf 20.8 kb)
Snow Leopard Education: Snow Leopard Education; Snow Leopard Posters; Good Livestock Management is Good For Snow Leopards; Harmony Valley; Conflict Valley; Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar Are Precious and Fragile; Mountain; Lake; Snow Leopard Books; Pasang and the Sheep Thief; My Grandmother Says...; My Grandmother Says... (Tibetan version); The Snow Queen; Ladakh Program; Education in Ladakh; Nepal Program; Dolpa; Junior Rangers; Junior Ranger field visit (2005) (pdf); Manang; Mustang; Snow Leopard Drawings; Pakistan Program; Learning about Snow Leopards in Pakistan’s Northern Areas; Education Archive; Sister Schools; Jane Goodall Institute and Sister Schools; Kunzang Dolma and Deachen Angmo report on a field trip; JGEMS Mandala Project; Moravian Mission School and WWF Art Contest; Tsering Angmo’s Diary (pdf); Binod and Nagendra’s Report 2004-2005; Learning about Snow Leopards in Manang; Junior Ranger Report – 2004; Soundprints
News: News; Rodney Jackson nominated for Indianapolis Prize; Emma Evanari makes a giant contribution to the survival of snow leopards with her art.; Artist Val Warner offers a stunning painting to support SLC; Rodney Jackson made Honorary Fellow of California Academy of Sciences; Successful fundraiser held in San Francisco on Saturday, May 23; Snow Leopards appear on Australian television; Togoldor, our radio collared snow leopard in Mongolia, is on the move; The February, 09, issue of the Rolex journal, “Enterprise” highlights
Snow Leopard Conservancy’s work; The October, 2008 issue of Animal Conservation has news
about the pioneering use of genetics in snow leopard research; National Geographic’s June issue has an article on snow leopards; Temple University students help save endangered species; BBC Green highlights Himalayan Homestays; Himalayan Homestays picked by Britain’s Guardian; Rodney and Darla travel to Australia and make new friends; Calgary Zoo reaches out to snow leopards; Camera-trapping handbook now available in Chinese; News Archive; SLC-India has camera trapped photos of mating snow leopards; First snow leopard camera trapped in Mustang, Nepal; Camera-trapping study under way in Mongolia; Purchase a Screenie, clean your computer monitor, and help save snow leopards; Kinship With Animals; Himalaya: Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge and Hope; Visit our expanded art section and help save snow leopards; SLC releases camera trapping handbook; Himalayan B&Bs honored with tourism award; Alternative incomes help village women save snow leopards; Notes; Barbara Palmer’s Field Notes; Jigmet Dadul’s Field Notes; Rodney Jackson’s Field Notes; Rodney Jackson’s Field Notes (Page 2); Tashi Lundup’s Field Notes; Recent Updates; Notes Archive
Donate and Buy: Become a Partner; Educational Materials; Vanishing Tracks; My Grandmother Says... (Tibetan version); Good Livestock Management is Good For Snow Leopards; Mount Kailash and Lake; Purchase...; ...a Print; ...a Greeting Card; ...a Screenie; ...a Book or Poster; Donate your old automobile; Visit Ladakh; Adopt a snow leopard; Adoption Form (pdf); Order Form (pdf); Donation Form (pdf)
Annual Reports (pdf files): SLC Annual Report 2009; SLC Annual Report 2008; SLC Annual Report 2007; SLC Annual Report 2006; SLC Annual Report 2005; SLC Annual Report 2004; SLC Annual Report 2003; SLC Annual Report 2002; SLC Annual Report 2001
Publications (pdf files): Nature Guide Training; Leh and Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India, June, 2003; Home Range, Movement and Habitat Use of Snow Leopard (Uncia Uncia) in Nepal, 1996; Community Engagement and Building Capacity for Lasting Conservation: Process and Tools, Snow Leopard Conservancy, 2009; Pakistan’s Community-based Trophy Hunting Programs and Their Relationship to Snow Leopard Conservation, Snow Leopard Conservancy, August 30, 2004; Snow Leopards in Nepal, Oryx (Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society), 1979; 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; 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; Community Participation: Tools and Examples, presented at the “Management Planning Workshop for the Trans-Himalayan Protected Areas,” Leh, Ladakh, 2000; Reducing Livestock Depredation Losses in the Nepalese Himalaya, Proc. 17th Vertebrate Pest Conference, (R.M. Timm & A.C. Crabb, Eds.), U.C. Davis, 1996; Mountain Cultures, Keystone Species: Exploring the Role of Cultural Keystone Species in Central Asia, 2006; Preliminary observations on non-invasive techniques for identifying individual snow leopards and monitoring populations, presented at the Snow Leopard Survival Summit, 2002; Camera Trapping of Snow Leopards, CAT News 42, p 19-21. Spring 2005; 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; 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; 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; 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; Local People’s Attitudes toward Wildlife Conservation in the Hemis National Park with Special Reference to the Conservation of Large Predators, July 2003; An Assessment of CBT and Homestay Sites in Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh, August 19, 2003; 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; Report on a Nature Guiding Training Workshop held in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, June 15-21, 2004; Visitor Attitude and Market Survey for Planning Community-based Tourism Initiatives in Rural Ladakh, December, 2001; 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; 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); 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
Myths & Legends: Nepali Myths; Tibetan Myths; Pakistani Myths; Ladakhi Myths
Snow Leopard Video: Snow Leopad Video; Snow Leopad Conservancy video of wild snow leopards; Snow Leopad Conservancy video of village life in the lands where snow leopards live; Snow Leopad Conservancy director, Dr. Rod Jackson, talks about snow leopard field work
Snow Leopards for Kids
Learn About Snow Leopards: Questions; What do scientists call snow leopards?; What do Snow leopards look like?; Pelage; Why do snow leopards look the way they do?; Where do snow leopards live?; Range Map; What adapatations have snow leopards made to their environment?; What do snow leopards eat?; How fast can a snow leopards run?; How long do snow leopards live?; Why are snow leopards endangered?; What are the laws against killing snow leopards?; How many snow leopards are left in the wild?; How many cubs are in a snow leopard litter?; How many snow leopards are living in zoos?; What does the Snow Leopard Conservancy do?; How do snow leopards take their own photograph?; What kind of education is needed by a person who works with snow leopards?; Snow Leopard Books; Snow Leopard Glossary
Help Save Snow Leopards: Have a snow leopard birthday; Birthday Kits; Invitations; Party Decorations; Snow leopard tracks; Snow leopard spots; Party Favors; Place Mats; Birthday Cake; Order a Snow Leopard Birthday Kit; Party Games; Attach the Snow Leopard’s Tail; Game Prize; Other ways that you can help save snow leopards; Snow Leopard Photos; Snow leopards in the wild; Snow leopards in zoos; Snow Leopard Video; Snow Leopard Fun; Snow Leopards for Teachers; Acnowledgements; Contact Snow Leopards for Kids
Contact Us: How to get in touch with the Snow Leopard Conservancy