Conservation and Adaptation in Asia's High Mountain Landscapes – The Snow Leopard

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In episode 57 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with experts from all over the world focusing on the conservation of the elusive snow leopard of the Asia High Mountains and how this species - and the communities around this species - are adapting to climate change. Guests from Nepal, India, China, Russia, Sweden, and the US share stories on studying this amazing cat and talk about some of the innovative adaptation strategies that are being put in place thanks to funding from a USAID project that is being implemented by World Wildlife Fund.

Two additional themes emerge in this episode, the influence of Peter Matthiessen's epic masterpiece, The Snow Leopard, and stories from these experts about their own magical encounters with the snow leopard in the wild. Peter Matthiessen never did see a snow leopard, but several of these experts did. Hear their amazing stories in detail.

This podcast was sponsored by World Wildlife Fund and USAID as part of the Asia's High Mountains project.

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Guests in this episode:

• Ryan Bartlett – Lead: Climate Risk Management, WWF US (Starts 2:52)
• Juan Li, Post Doc, Panthera/University of California, Berkeley | UCB, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - China/Science/snow leopard (starts 23:44)
• Ghana Shyam Gurung – WWF Nepal/Science/adaptation (Starts 37:33)
• Oksana Lipka – WWF Russia, Climate Adaptation and Environmental Specialist - Russia/Science/adaptation (Starts 51:31)
• Charudutt (Charu) Mishra, the Snow Leopard Trust's Science and Conservation Director- India/Science/adaptation (Starts 59:58)
• Judy Oglethorpe, Senior Director, Multilateral Program Development at WWFUS - Adaptation/Nepal (Starts 1:20:58)
• Theo Perlin – Student, Snow Leopard Fundraiser (1:45:15)
• Matthias Fiechter - Communications Manager, Snow Leopard Trust (1:50:17)

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Links in episode:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/asia-high-mountains?utm_campaign=freshwater&utm_content=CBS&utm_medium=print&utm_source=events
https://nature.berkeley.edu/beislab/BeissingerLab/?page_id=355
https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/ryan-bartlett
http://www.wwfnepal.org/?224234/WWF-Nepal-and-partner-ministries-signed-a-grant-agreement-for-Sustainable-Land-Management-in-Churia-Region-Project
https://www.snowleopard.org/sweet-treats-help-save-cats/
http://www.icimod.org/?q=15429
https://www.snowleopard.org/about/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Leopard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Matthiessen
https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Leopard-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143105515
www.thirdpolegeolab.org
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/nepal-honors-a-new-generation-of-conservation-leaders
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_together_possible/making_friends_with_the_enemy/
Facts on Snow Leopard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdJwBhWgZQ

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