India gets protocol to assess Snow Leopard population

No date has been set yet for process reserved only for tigers, rhinos and elephants until now

Local communities key inconservation of snow leopards: study

हिम तेंदुए को बचाने के लिए स्थानीय लोगों की मदद जरूरी, नेपाल में किया गया सर्वे

हिम तेंदुए की संख्या कम होती ज रही है, लगभग 4000 तेंदुए ही बचे हैं, इसलिए इन्हें कैसे बचाया जाए, इसके लिए पिछले दिनों ...

International Snow Leopard Day: Why we celebrate it

It is a reminder to us that it is our collective responsibility to conserve the species and its ecosystem

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Climate change affecting the flora and fauna of the high Himalayas: study

Research by the Wildlife Institute of India indicates that the upper reaches are warming, putting the very survival of plants, insects, birds, …

Camera trap captures snow leopard in high altitude region of Arunachal Pradesh

Trap set up as part of state-wide survey carried out by state government and WWF-India

Presence of snow leopards confirmed on camera traps in Sikkim

In addition to snow leopards, camera traps have also captured the rare Pallas cat, blue sheep and the Tibetan argali

Study finds pathogens in wild snow leopards

Conducted in Mongolia, the research detected pathogens which, though they did not cause illness to the leopards, could make other wild cats ill; …

"Snow leopard habitat may be lost due to climate change"

The snow leopard is facing a huge threat from climate change and a hostile human population in Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Nawaz, an authority on the …

How J&K reduced snow leopard attacks on livestock

Herders in villages on the outskirts of Ladakh's Hemis National Park were involved in initiatives that helped reduce attacks on livestock and …

शोधकर्ताओं ने खोजा हिम तेंदुओं को बचाने का रास्ता

हिम तेंदुओं के संरक्षण में स्थानीय समुदायों को शामिल करना और उनकी आजीविका सुनिश्चित करना एक बेहतर रणनीति हो सकती है

Tiger conference: snow leopard, big cat conservation and tackling wildlife crime high on radar

Participants focus on 2017 Snow Leopard Summit, tiger recovery programme and poaching

‘India has to change its attitude towards leopards’

Leopard expert, Vidya Athreya responds to alarming report on leopard mortality, says finger-pointing must end

Unwanted guest

Furore over the transfer of a snow leopard from the City Forest National Park in Srinagar to Darjeeling

‘One snow leopard gets killed every day’

As India has a sizeable proportion of the global snow leopard distribution range, it has an important role to play in conservation of the world&…

Tibetan snow lion is a symbol of political authority: Jamyang Norbu

Tibetan political activist and writer delves into history to talk about mythical creature’s origins

Snow leopards, cultural codes can help prevent land degradation in Himalayas: Experts

The animal’s conservation will mean saving herbivores and the land they feed on, said panelists at an event at COP14

Book Digest: Tales of tradition from Himalayas, cultural influences in COVID-19 world and more

Prospects of fossil-free future to politics of climate change, DTE tracks new books on environment and development from leading authors  

International Snow Leopard Day: Of snow leopards and domestic dogs

‘Man’s best friend’ has become a big threat for the charismatic cat in Ladakh, as this account shows

Eight Western Lowland Gorillas at US safari park down with COVID-19

They are the first known cases of great apes to be infected by the virus

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

Fatal fashion

Cashmere fetish causing extinctions in Central Asia

South Asia

Call of the phantom

Government fails to effectively execute Project Snow Leopard