WWF Report on Snow Leopard
On 17th May, 2021, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) released a report titled ‘Over 100 Years of Snow Leopard Research: A Spatially Explicit Review of the State of Knowledge in the Snow Leopard Range’. It highlights some critical gaps in our knowledge of the threatened big cat and reveals that lack of basic data could be hampering conservation efforts.
Key Highlights
- The report estimates that worldwide, there could be as few as 4,000 snow leopards (Panthera uncia) left in Asia’s high mountains and this remaining population faces continued and emerging threats.
- Nepal, India and China have conducted the most ....
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