Snow Leopard Conservancy

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FocusSnow leopard conservation
Location
Area served
Pakistan, Nepal, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, and India
Key people
  • Dr. Rodney Jackson (President)
  • Ashleigh Lutz-Nelson (Executive Director)
  • Darla Hillard (Facilitator for the Land of the Snow Leopard Network)
  • Charleen Gavette (Conservation and Education Program Manager)
  • Kayley Bateman (Programs Manager)
  • Shavaun Mara Kidd (Outreach Manager and Conservation Educator)
  • Astrid Stevenson (Office Manager)
Revenue
$300,000 (2011)[1]
Websitesnowleopardconservancy.org

The Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) was founded in 2000 by Dr Rodney Jackson, a leading expert on

non-profit organization with headquarters in Sonoma, California.[2]

Programs

The Snow Leopard Conservancy works with local people to not only find a way for them to live harmoniously with snow leopards but also to become their guardians.

eco-tourism. Other means of working with local herding populations is to protect livestock by building predator-proof corrals and providing conservation education and training for children in the Himalayan
region.

SLC also conducts research to better understand the behaviors and habitat needs of snow leopards. This is done using remote camera traps,

GPS-satellite collars to study movements and corridor analysis to find areas to target for conservation efforts.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Protecting snow leopards". Sonoma News.
  2. ^ "Snow Leopard Conservancy". Wildlife Conservation Network.
  3. PBS
    . 2 August 2010.
  4. ^ "The Snow Leopard Conservancy". Rolex Awards for Enterprise.

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