The snow leopard's range encompasses 12 mountainous Central Asian Countries. The Snow Leopard Trust currently has programs in five of them: China, India, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, and Pakistan.

These are the priority areas for snow leopard conservation: together, these five nations contain 75% of the world's population of wild snow leopards and a similar proportion of snow leopard habitat.  Click on the links below to learn more about these important snow leopard countries.

Snow Leopard Trust program countries range from a small former Soviet republic of just over 5 million people to the most populous nation on earth, from the world's largest democracy to one of the last remaining Communist countries.  

Their people range from nomadic herders who move their tents to a different part of the steppe every few months, to families who have lived in the same stone village for centuries.

This wide variety of histories, cultures, and economies poses unique challenges for conservation and demands solutions that honor this diversity.

Yet all these groups have something in common: for centuries, they have shared their home with the snow leopard. With the snow leopard's population dwindling, these communities have partnered with Snow Leopard Trust staff and others to work toward a common goal: the survival of this ancient and magnificent cat.