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Flavia Franchini
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🧬The research explores the Dzungarian region as a possible #geneticbridge linking the northern & southwestern #snowleopard ranges – spanning Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan.

#Connectivity may depend on a network of narrow corridors across mountains.

#ConservationScience
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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🧬Is Kazakhstan a bridge for gene flow between the northern & southwestern #SnowLeopard range?

Join our next #SLNWebinar exploring new #genetic insights into population connectivity across Central Asia

📅Tue 18 Nov
🕒15h (Bishkek)
🔗Register: bit.ly/SLNConnectKZ

#wildlifeconservation
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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📢 Join us next Wed, Oct 1st (14:30-Bishkek) for "Protecting Wildlife, Habitats & Communities with #EarthRanger".

Discover how data & tech are safeguarding snow leopards, prey & communities.

🔗Register: bit.ly/SLNEarthRanger

#ConservationTech @tonylynam.bsky.social @earthrangertech.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Next Thursday (11th), join us to discover how 300+ local community members & camera traps generate vital ecosystem data, transforming biodiversity monitoring in the Sanjiangyuan. 📸🌿 Learn about innovative incentive models for #conservation in #China.

👉 bit.ly/SLNBioMonitoring
September 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Our paper « Searching for a needle in a haystack: population estimation of #snowleopard in the western Mongolian Altai by means of camera-trapping » #SCR #Mongolia is online now 😎. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @korafoundation.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @snowleopardnet.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Check out our feature about the film "Snow Leopard Sisters" in the latest issue of "Ubuntu" Magazine! The piece explores the film and the community work Snow Leopard Conservancy proudly supports in the Himalayas.

#WomenInConservation #Wildlife #Conservation

Read a snippet here -
Snow Leopard Sisters: Women at the Frontlines of Himalayan Conservation
In the Snow Leopard Sisters we join the conservations efforts of two women in Nepal's Dolpo region, where they work tirelessly to protect the snow leopard.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Heartfelt thank you to Bolortsetseg Sanjaa @wcs.org (Mongolia) for her inspiring exchange in our August's webinar, to @snowleopardhope.bsky.social for facilitating, and to all participants for making the session so engaging and insightful!!

Watch & rewatch it here: www.youtube.com/live/v3NQIiijX0g
September 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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⌛ It's tomorrow!! Do join us!
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August 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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In recent years, threats like mining, infrastructure & climate change have made this balance even more challenging. In our upcoming webinar, Bolortsetseg Sanjaa of WCS-Mongolia will take us inside the Gobi-Steppe to explore how #communities are taking the lead in #conservation.
August 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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🐆 Do you work in #snowleopardconservation?

✨ Apply yourself or nominate someone else for the @nabu.de #SnowLeopard Award! 🏆

More info: www.en.nabu.de/topics/species/prize.html
Apply before: 14th of September 2025

#SnowLeopardAward @nabu.de
August 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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On #WorldRangerDay, we honour rangers for their efforts in the conservation of migratory species as they safeguard wildlife corridors, fight poaching & help animals thrive. 🐘🏞️

Watch the “I Am a Ranger” video by International Ranger Federation. More at www.internationalrangers.org/world-ranger...
July 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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From seeing the 1st ever photo & pioneering radio-tracking Dr. Rodney Jackson transformed #snowleopardconservation through passion, perseverance & community action. Thanks to Rodney, Rinzin & all who participated in this special webinar!
📺 www.youtube.com/live/7JiXhxY... @snowleopardcons.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Stories from the field:

🇰🇬Kultuev Bekmyrza (Kyrgyzstan 2025): Used forensic investigation of 3 illegally hunted ibex→£5,200 in convictions

🇵🇰Sarmad Shafa (Pakistan 2024): Survived armed confrontation while protecting #wildlife

#Ranger skills + science = stronger enforcement

📸 SLCF-Mongolia, SLF-Kg
July 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#WorldRangerDay honours the brave professionals who risk everything to protect our planet's natural heritage.

This year's #RangerAwards in snow leopard range countries have celebrated extraordinary achievements in Kyrgyzstan (March), Mongolia (April) & Pakistan (happening TODAY)
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July 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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When rangers succeed, entire ecosystems win🌏

Female #ranger Enkhbileg Sh. prevented 16 #wildlife crimes in snow leopard territory. Munkhtenger T.'s investigation secured £10,000+ in ecosystem compensation.

Real impact. Real heroes. #WorldRangerDay #SnowLeopardConservation

📸 SLCF-Mongolia, SLF-Kg
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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#WorldRangerDay honors diverse #conservation heroes: rangers, Indigenous guardians & communities.

In 2025: Kyrgyzstan recognized 27 rangers, Mongolia honored 18 who stopped crimes & protected #snowleopard habitat. Every case ripples across ecosystems🏔️

#ConservationStrategy
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Meet the women protecting snow leopards in China’s Qilian Mountains. 🙌 #WorldRangerDay

Made up of 32 females from local communities, they form the backbone of conservation efforts & protect the rich biodiversity.

These women are not only rangers - they’re educators, mothers, and changemakers. 💚
Portrait of Maocuo Yang, the team’s leader petting her horse, while smiling in the bright daylight. Landscape of mountains and river during sunset, the sky clear blue. Captured at Qilian Mountain National Park. Five members of the wildlife ranger team sat amongst brown grasses together outdoors while they talk and laugh together. Behind the mountain landscape stands out against the blue sky. Two female wildlife rangers stand huddle together with notepads and pens as they record data in the field.
July 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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This month, we’re exploring high-altitude predator #coexistence in the Himalayas. Join us for a webinar on #snowleopards (Panthera uncia) and common #leopards (Panthera pardus) in #Nepal’s Annapurna region.

📅 June 30 | 🕝 14:30 (Bishkek time)

🔗 snowleopardnetwork.org/2025/06/19/s...
June 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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The meeting culminated in the Cholpon-Ata Resolution, a renewed commitment to protect snow leopards and their ecosystems through collaboration, innovation, and inclusive approaches.

#CholponAtaResolution #HighMountains #GSLEP2025
June 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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A united front for high-mountain conservation!

Leaders from the 12 #snowleopard range countries met in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan for the IX #GSLEP Steering Committee Meeting (June 5–6), advancing regional cooperation for species & ecosystem protection.
#GSLEP2025 #GSLEP
June 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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This #EarthDay2025, we celebrated 25 years of community-led conservation in Gilgit-Baltistan with #BWCDO.

Change doesn’t only start in policy rooms—it grows in mountain villages, classrooms, & everyday efforts to live in balance with nature. 🌱Bloom where you are planted! #Coexist #OurPowerOurPlanet
April 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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A spotted success: Nepal has revealed its first-ever national #SnowLeopard population estimate is 397.🐆

This count not only gives us a clearer picture of snow leopard populations but also helps protect them for the future.
Snow leopard lies on a snow covered rock. The snow leopard’s tail runs the side of the brown rock and its paws are holding onto the snowy surface. Text reads ‘Nepal’s national population estimate: 397'
April 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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March 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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This #EarthDay 🌍 join us for a webinar celebrating 25+ years of #snowleopard conservation in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Learn how BWCDO empowers communities to #coexist with wildlife.

📅 Apr 22nd | 🕖 19:00 Bishkek-time

🔗 Register: bit.ly/SLNCoex

#OurPowerOurPlanet @snowleopardcons.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Since 1999, BWCDO has worked with 18+ villages in northern Pakistan to reduce human-wildlife conflict through livestock insurance, predator-proof corrals & education.

Learn more this #EarthDay!

🔗 bit.ly/SLNCoex

#SnowLeopardConservation #snowleopard #coexistence
April 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM