Camera Trapping
Using Remote Camera Traps to Better Estimate Snow Leopard Numbers While SLIMS (Snow Leopard Information System) sign surveys can be improved through better training and use of sophisticated sampling regimes (see Occupancy…
Education Programs
Protecting nature starts with awareness and understanding of its value. The Snow Leopard Trust runs a series of environmental education programs for children and adults in the areas where we work. These programs strengthen…
Combatting Poaching
The Snow Leopard Trust is partnering with the Kyrgyz government to better train and recognize law enforcement officials, protected area rangers and local community members in snow leopard habitat for their fight…
Predation Prevention
Livestock losses to predator attacks can be devastating to herder families in snow leopard habitat across Central Asia; and they remain a primary source of human-wildlife conflicts. Through interventions like our community-based livestock…
Livestock Vaccination
Some herder families in snow leopard habitat lose up to five times more livestock to diseases than to predation. Livestock is critical to most families in snow leopard habitat. For many, it’s their…
Livestock Insurance
Our livestock insurance program helps rural communities reduce the financial impact of snow leopard predation by giving them access to compensation for animals lost. For the families who share the snow leopard’s habitat, the loss…
Snow Leopard Enterprises
Snow Leopard Enterprises is an award-winning conservation program that creates sustainable economic opportunities for families who share snow leopard habitat, and reduces the motivation behind poaching. The idea is simple: Herder women in snow leopard…
PARTNERS Principles
The Snow Leopard Trust and its partners have engaged with local communities in key snow leopard habitats of Central Asia for nearly three decades, working on conservation solutions that could benefit both people…