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A single principle underlies all of the Snow Leopard Trust's conservation programs: we cannot save the snow leopard without the support of the local people where the cat lives.
Protecting snow leopards in partnership with the people who share their mountain environment
A single principle underlies all of the Snow Leopard Trust's conservation programs: we cannot save the snow leopard without the support of the local people where the cat lives.
Read more about the Snow Leopard Trust's community-based conservation programs in the following sections.
Snow Leopard Enterprises
Livestock Insurance Program
Livestock Vaccination Program
Many people in the mountain communities throughout snow leopard habitat
live on less than $1 (US) per day. To families living this close to the
edge of survival, protecting the environment and other species such as
the snow leopard may seem like an unaffordable luxury.
For this reason, many of the Snow Leopard Trust's conservation programs are designed to help people in snow leopard areas increase their household income and raise their standard of living. As part of the program, these families agree to help us protect the snow leopard and the unique habitat they share.
In these communities, livestock such as sheep, goats, and camels are the main source of income. Many of the Trust's community-based conservation programs address this vital resource, helping communities protect and increase the value of their livestock herds.
Yet the solutions to snow leopard protection also vary greatly from place to place. Through community meetings, the Snow Leopard Trust and its local partner organizations discuss the challenges that each community faces and the resources and skills available in the community. Then, together with the community, the Trust helps design conservation programs tailored to the needs and concerns of each individual community.
A single principle underlies all of the Snow Leopard Trust's conservation programs: we cannot save the snow leopard without the support of the local people where the cat lives.
Read more about the Snow Leopard Trust's community-based conservation programs in the following sections.
Snow Leopard Enterprises
Turning raw wool into beautiful handicrafts makes herders into artisans and improves the lives of rural families.
Livestock Insurance Program
Working with local herding populations to find solutions to the economic damage arising from loss of livestock to predators.
Livestock Vaccination Program
Reducing livestock loss to disease helps local herders tolerate living with predators like snow leopards.
For this reason, many of the Snow Leopard Trust's conservation programs are designed to help people in snow leopard areas increase their household income and raise their standard of living. As part of the program, these families agree to help us protect the snow leopard and the unique habitat they share.
In these communities, livestock such as sheep, goats, and camels are the main source of income. Many of the Trust's community-based conservation programs address this vital resource, helping communities protect and increase the value of their livestock herds.
Yet the solutions to snow leopard protection also vary greatly from place to place. Through community meetings, the Snow Leopard Trust and its local partner organizations discuss the challenges that each community faces and the resources and skills available in the community. Then, together with the community, the Trust helps design conservation programs tailored to the needs and concerns of each individual community.