Endangered species

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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George Schaller working magic for snow leopards again

October 8, 2009 China

I’ve mentioned George Schaller many times on this blog – Ok, he’s my hero. He’s probably done more for snow leopard conservation than anyone else on the planet. George won the Indianapolis Prize in 2008 and during 2009 used the money  for snow leopard activities in China. Currently Vice President of Panthera and Senior Conservationist [...]

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Snow leopard blog celebrates first birthday

October 5, 2009 Blogging

This snow leopard blog is now one year old! It’s been an amazing year for me, learning about blogs, learning more and more about snow leopards and ‘meeting’ so many like minded snow leopard conservationists, zoo staff, snow leopard supporters, animal lovers, photographers, writers, artists etc. So many people who have dedicated their lives and [...]

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Apple Mac OS X helps snow leopard conservation

September 20, 2009 Endangered species

Apple Mac  OS X Snow Leopard sweeps the world! OS X users visiting this blog will be interested to learn why the snow leopard in the wild is a unique and endangered animal. (Find out why.) We hope that Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard users who care about nature take time to learn about [...]

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Snow Leopard Network –globally collaborating on the survival of snow leopards in the wild

September 16, 2009 Endangered species

A few weeks ago I did a post on Rana Bayakci,the Program Coordinator for the Snow Leopard Network (SLN) in Seattle, USA and how she worked with Gregor the snow leopard at Woodland Park Zoo before he came to Melbourne where we all fell under his spell. I wanted to share a bit of information [...]

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Afghanistan wild snow leopard update

August 31, 2009 Afghanistan

Great news from Afghanistan. For the second time in months the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has captured the elusive and rare snow leopard on film (with a camera trap) in the Sast Valley in Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor.  It is estimated only 100-200 snow leopards still survive in Afghanistan and the cat is protected under Afghanistan’s [...]

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Melbourne Zoo 'Gobi' gets namesake in Seattle

August 18, 2009 Endangered species

Our Gobi gets a namesake in the USA! The 11 week old male snow leopard was born at Woodland Park Zoo Seattle in May and over the weekend 35,000 entered a competition to name him and Gobi it is. His sister is Batu, which means firm and strong. Our Australian Gobi’s sister, Tashi, (Tibetan for [...]

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Home of snow leopard and flying frog under threat from climate change

August 11, 2009 Endangered species

The WWF is calling on governments attending the climate change talks in Copenhagen this December to commit industrialised countries to a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (compared to 1990 levels). “There is no room for compromise on this issue,” says WWF Conservation Science advisor, Mark Wright.  “Without these cuts the Himalayas face [...]

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