On December 12, the United Nations General Assembly, at the initiative of Kyrgyzstan, proclaimed October 23 as International Snow Leopard Day. 61 countries, including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kazakhstan, China, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, co-sponsored the resolution. The snow leopard, also known as the ounce, inhabits the high-altitude regions of many of these countries. […]
Tanya Rosen: Persian Leopards – barometers of healthy eco-systems
Turkmenistan is home to the second largest leopard population and making efforts to preserve this species of Red Book cats and track their population within the framework of cooperation with international projects. On this World Environment Day during a special event hosted by the Ministry of agriculture and environmental protection of Turkmenistan, Ms.Tanya Rosen, IUCN […]
IUCN: Action for snow leopards
Even though naturally perfectly equipped to roam the steep mountains of Central Asia, the snow leopard is facing extinction. Around 7,500 individuals live in the wild, according to the most recent estimates. There is a strong commitment of conservationists to prevent the extinction of the solitary ‘ghost of the mountains’ in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, recently catalysed […]