Dr Ram Baran Yadav President of Nepal highlighting importance of snow leopards to the country’s biodiversity in the Himalayas.
Nepal has some of the most spectacular Himalayan snow leopard habitat and yesterday celebrated its seventh National Conservation Day with a theme —snow leopard conservation and a call to protect the Himalayas. President Ram Baran Yadav said the mountain ecosystem is under threat from the pervasive impacts of climate change.
“It is heartening to see conservation leaders take up biodiversity protection as their cause and I hope through this recognition they are further motivated to help protect Nepal’s natural riches, including key species such as snow leopards.”
Last year WWF reported that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase steadily, 30 percent of snow leopard habitat in the Himalayas may be lost to shifts in its treeline habitat.
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