The Snow Leopard Trust is pleased to announce Dr. Charudutt Mishra as our new Executive Director. Dr. Mishra, fondly known as ‘Charu’ has been with the Snow Leopard Trust for nearly 20 years.
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Bringing Pallas’s Cat Conservation Into Focus
The Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) shares remote, mountainous habitat in Central Asia with its bigger “cousin,” the snow leopard. Like the snow leopard, very little is known about this small wild cat. Scientists from across the range have come together in an international effort to study the Pallas’s cat conservation status. In Mongolia’s South Gobi we have also worked to increase awareness of the species among local people.
Training the Trainers in Community-Based Conservation
Conservationists from the Snow Leopard Trust and its five snow leopard range partner organizations came together in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for a training workshop on PARTNERS Principles for Community-Based Conservation.
Run Wild for Snow Leopards
adidas Runtastic, one of the world’s leading companies in the digital health and fitness space, has launched an exciting digital running challenge that lets its users run with a wild snow leopard being researched by the Snow Leopard Trust.
Snow Leopards with an Ecosystems Focus
Ranjini Murali has just completed her PhD. She worked on how local communities in snow leopard landscapes used, valued, and governed ecosystem services. Here she shares with us the main findings of her work and what drives her to support snow leopard conservation.
Running for Snow Leopards
More than 4,500 people ran in the first-ever snow leopard half-marathon in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan!
Protecting the Snow Leopards of Asia’s Mountains
Dr. Charu Mishra, the Snow Leopard Trust’s Acting Executive Director, shares thoughts on why snow leopards are so rare in a new article published by RoundGlass Sustain.
Become a Snow Leopard Fundraiser
New tool allows supporters to turn their birthdays and other special events into fundraising campaigns to benefit their favorite big cat!
Biography: Goldman Winner Bayara Agvaantseren
Snow Leopard Trust Mongolia Director and 2019 Goldman Prize winner Bayara Agvaantseren has taken an unusual path to becoming an environmental hero.
Snow Leopards: Masters of Disguise
The snow leopard’s ability to blend in with its surroundings is legendary. It even earned the cat its most famous nickname, Ghost of the Mountain.