December 2009

Pakistan students concerned about climate change

December 24, 2009 Pakistan

Students from Booni High School in Chitral, northern Pakistan held a Climate Change Vigil rally a few days ago. The young people are concerned about massive degradation to the natural environment linked to global warming. For example the destruction of the village Sonoghor in June 2007 when a glacier overlooking the village burst and in [...]

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Himalayan villagers and snow leopards won’t find too much to like from Copenhagen

December 19, 2009 Endangered species

Failure or the beginning of something better? Only time will tell. But the deal struck by world leaders at the end of the talks will not halt global warming and President Obama admits it just doesn’t go far enough. Not enough money committed to it  and the decision on targets for reducing carbon emissions by [...]

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Everest Declaration to protect home of snow leopard from more climate change impacts

December 17, 2009 Endangered species

Early in December in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference Nepal came up with a 10-point declaration for dealing with the environmental impact on Everest and the Himalayan region caused by global warming. A few years ago Peter Hillary warned that some areas around Everest are sinking, with Base camp, (used by his [...]

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A journey exploring climate change in Himalayas

December 17, 2009 Endangered species

The UK Guardian newspaper’s John Vidal recently did a 1,000-mile journey from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. The environment editor writes that he found “clear evidence of the terrible threat that global warming now poses to the millions who rely on water from the roof of the world.” “Average temperatures across Nepal have [...]

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Climate change in the home of snow leopards

December 7, 2009 Endangered species

With the UN Summit at Copenhagen starting now, there’s been some focus in recent weeks on the impact of climate change on the worlds highest mountain system, the Himalayas. A recent press conference called “Stop Melting Life, Save The Himalayas”in Kathmandu highlighted the threat of climate change on the lives and livelihoods of many people [...]

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1st birthday for Melbourne Zoo snow leopard cubs

December 7, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

Hard to believe but today its a year since the birth of Tashi and Gobi at Melbourne Zoo. Happy birthday cubs! The keepers have been so happy with their development and growth, the first snow leopard cubs for the Zoo in 20 years. There have been many successful zoo births around the world this year [...]

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what to do if you see illegal snow leopard fur etc for sale

December 4, 2009 Illegal wildlife trade

The Snow Leopard Trust blog has just posted some really good information on what people can do if they see anyone trying to sell snow leopard furs etc. It may happen that you see this in your travels or even in your travels around the internet. It can be confusing but check these really useful [...]

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