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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It all started with #snowleopards. 500 m above Phu, Nepal, the team set camera traps. This month, Dr Natalie Schmitt and local teams start a pilot to confirm snow leopard DNA from scat, right in the field! Hear more in our latest webinar: youtu.be/KbaXWXzhXm0

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

⏳ Only a few days left! Sabin #SnowLeopard Grants close 1 Oct. Funding for one-year conservation & research projects. Priority: range-country nationals & in-country NGOs. Run by @zoonewengland.bsky.social with the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation. Info & Apply: www.zoonewengland.org/protect/arou...

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Camera traps only tell part of the story. 📸 Waiting months for DNA lab results for #snowleopards is soon to be in the past. Discover how Dr. Natalie Schmitt's portable #DNA kits bring real-time detection right to the field! 🧬🏔️ Watch the full webinar 👇 youtu.be/KbaXWXzhXm0

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🐆 Nepal: Country Update in Vol. 5 of #SnowLeopardReports! The 1st Nationwide assessment estimated 397 #snowleopards across 30,435 km², highlighting the direct impact of community-led conservation. 🔗Read the #openaccess paper in the special issue: publicera.kb.se/slr/article/...

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🧬 Dr Natalie Schmitt built portable #DNAtech to bridge this gap. Her work also highlights a critical lesson: making science accessible only works when we listen deeply. 🔊 Join Thursday's #SLNwebinar with Natalie & Rodrigo Medellin! 📅 17 Sept, 9:00 AM-Bishkek 🔗 bit.ly/SLN_WildTechDNA

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In India, Nepal, Pakistan, Mongolia & China, a study found 35-67% of field-identified #snowleopard scat was actually from other species (mostly fox!) 🦊🐆 In shared terrain, field ID is hard. #Genetics work, but often require shipping samples 1,000s of km away. 🧵👇

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🧬 How do we take DNA testing out of the lab and into the hands of frontline conservationists? Dr. Natalie Schmitt on 12 years from #snowleopard fieldwork to portable DNA & what Nepal has taught her. 🗓️ Thu 17 Sept, 9:00 Bishkek Register: bit.ly/SLN_WildTechDNA #ConservationGenetics #ScienceSky

When Conservation Changes the Conservationist, Thursday 17 September 2026, 9:00am Bishkek time, with Dr. Natalie Schmitt, facilitated by Dr. Rodrigo Medellin.

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Rangelands are on the #UNCCDCOP17 agenda, & so are the cats that depend on them New fact sheet on #bigcats, land health, water security & pastoral livelihoods. 2bn+ people live in river basins overlapping snow leopard range 🔗 wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/bi... #IYRP2026 @unccd.bsky.social

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🐆 #Bhutan update in #SnowLeopard Reports Journal 📊Population's grown 39% to ~ 134 adults Protected areas shelter 70% of the pop, balancing herder conflict & active rangeland monitoring Read publicera.kb.se/slr/article/... About publicera.kb.se/slr/about @tashidhendup.bsky.social 📷Prasenjeet Yadav

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Country Update in Vol 5 of Snow Leopard Reports! Est. 213–253 adult snow leopards, anchored in Wakhan National Park. Poaching & infrastructure threaten their future, but community programs offer hope! Read: dx.doi.org/10.56510/slr... About: publicera.kb.se/slr/about 📷PrasenjeetYadav

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Who will win the #SnowLeopard Award 2026? 🐆🏆 Our partners at @nabu.de are seeking the next conservation hero. **Apply yourself or nominate** someone to win €5,000 for a joint project! Read about past winners & apply: en.nabu.de/topics/speci... ⏳Due: 14 Sept 📸 NABU-KG

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📱 Session 2 of the #SLNSummerExchange is TODAY at 15:00 (Bishkek time)! 🐆 We're mastering @earthrangertech.bsky.social Mobile for offline field data collection & ranger safety. 🔗 Participants: Check the Google Group! Missed Session 1? DM us to get added! 📥 #ConservationTech

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The 2026 #SLNSummerExchange starts TODAY! 🐆 We're thrilled to partner with @earthrangertech.bsky.social for a 6-session training on integrated field technology 🗓️ Wednesdays at 15:00 (Bishkek Time) 📧 Check SLN Google Group for links &+! 🎓 Certificates for full attendance #ConservationTech

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Mark your calendars! 🗓️ SLN 2026 #SummerExchange runs 17.June-22.July We've partnered w/ @earthrangertech.bsky.social to bring an exclusive Integrated Field Technology #OnlineTraining Program to the #SnowleopardNetwork community! Reg: bit.ly/SLNSummerExchange 🌐 Eng-Russ translation available

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

What’s next for snow leopards? 🐆🏔️ Join our panel this Tuesday, May 12th, 14:30 PM Bishkek time to exchange on field realities, transboundary cooperation & community conflict. Register: snowleopardnetwork.org/2026/05/03/s... 📸 SLCF-Mongolia/SLT

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Nature rarely fits our categories. 🐈🏜️ We're discussing Pallas's cats & Asiatic wildcats adapting to afforested deserts in our next #SLNwebinar with Xinyue Xia. Let's talk wildlife corridors & OECM! 📅 Apr 29 | 14:00 Bishkek 🔗 snowleopardnetwork.org/2026/04/15/s...

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🗣️ Bring your questions about field methodologies & genetics for a dedicated live Q&A with the authors! 📅 TODAY, Apr 7 ⏰ 13:30 (Bishkek time) 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register to secure your spot: snowleopard-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (5/5)

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📌 Paper 2: "Next-Generation Sequencing of Fecal DNA: A Novel Insight Into the Mitogenome Phylogeography of the Snow Leopard." Dr. Cheng Chen will delve into non-invasive #genetic monitoring and #molecularecology. 🧬 (4/5)

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📌 Paper 1: "A new dawn? Population baselines of #snowleopards and other mammals of the Kishtwar High Altitude National Park, India." Ms. Charu Sharma will discuss refining #cameratrap methodologies & monitoring across remote spatial scales. 📸 (3/5)

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📣Join us TODAY for a live webinar to unpack this pioneering research! Facilitated by Dr. Juan Li, we'll explore establishing baselines, advancing methods, and transboundary #conservation directly with the authors. 📊 (2/5)

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

⌛️In a few hours: How do we secure the future of the snow leopard? 🐆🏔️ A new Special Issue of Integrative #Conservation explores exactly that: #SnowLeopard – A Large Cat with High Potential for Conservation Success. Let's dive into the data! 🧵 (1/5) #SnowLeopardConservation

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Our 2025 Annual Report is out! 📖✨ A huge thank you to our members and partners. Your year-round support and shared passion make our work possible. We are so proud to be part of this deeply connected conservation family. 🤝 Read the full report: snowleopardnetwork.org/annual-reports

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

#Women are increasingly leading Snow Leopard science & conservation. Across the Snow Leopard Network, their research, leadership & collaboration are strengthening conservation across the species range. Celebrating their impact this #InternationalWomensDay💜 #IWD2026 #GiveToGain #WomenInConservation

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📱🐆How do we build monitoring tools communities actually want to use? Join us this THURSDAY for #SLNwebinar on community-based #snowleopard monitoring in Nepal’s Nar & Phu Valley. With Dr. Arun Pratihast & Joshua Schlüter 🗓️5 March |⏰15:00 Bishkek 🔗 bit.ly/SLN_Mobile_Monitoring#WildlifeConservation

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

On #WorldWildlifeDay, we celebrate the diversity of life that sustains our planet and supports human well-being. Nature fuels resilience, innovation, and hope. Protect the wild, preserve the cure. 🌱✨ #WWD2026 #Biodiversity 📷 Artistic int. of cam-trap photo by SLCF-Mongolia & SLT

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

803 lynx tracked 54 research groups 1 shared database Today’s #SLNWebinar⌛️ #EUROLYNX unites 22 countries to scale carnivore science across Europe—identifying human disturbance as the main limiting factor. Lessons for #SnowLeopard #Conservation Join us: bit.ly/SLNEurolynx

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

📣 Open! 2026 #SnowLeopard #TrainingGrant Supported by the Pangje Foundation, SLN invites applications to strengthen grassroots #conservation through training, community initiatives, monitoring & leadership development. ⏳ Deadline: 15 Feb 2026 Apply 🔗 snowleopardnetwork.org/training-gra...

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

EUROLYNX – Collaborative #Research on the #conservation of #Eurasianlynx – and Reflections for #SnowLeopardConservation Join the conversation!! 📅 WEDNESDAY, February 11th ⏰ 15:30 (Bishkek-time) 📍 Online 🔗 Information & Registration here: bit.ly/SLNEurolynx

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

#Call to Collaborate 📣 Researchers in #Asia with #lynx data are warmly invited to explore collaboration with #EUROLYNX. Collaborative science thrives on shared perspectives. #WildCats #collaboration #WildLifeWednesday

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Speakers & Facilitator: 🎤 Prof. Marco Heurich — Chair, EUROLYNX 👤 Joe Premier — EUROLYNX data curator 🧭 @snowleopardhope.bsky.social — WCS - Mongolia

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Why This Matters for the #SnowLeopardNetwork? After the talk: 💬 Which elements of the EUROLYNX model could — or could not — work for #snowleopard research across High Asia? A moderated, inclusive discussion with #SLN members. #snowleopards #conservation

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What Has It Achieved? ✔ Drivers of habitat selection ✔ Europe-wide habitat quality maps ✔ Insights on survival, dispersal & reproduction ✔ Standardized monitoring approaches 📄 7 high-impact papers — more underway #ConservationResearch

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

EUROLYNX integrates: 📡 Telemetry from 800+ lynx 📸 Camera traps & AI identification 🦌 Prey & livestock data 🚧 Roadkill & human impact data → Producing Europe-wide conservation insights

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Why EUROLYNX? #EUROLYNX is a collaborative #researchnetwork studying Eurasian lynx ecology at the range of its distribution. 🔹 54 research groups 🔹 22 countries 🔹 Shared data, shared questions, shared impact

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🌏SLN February Webinar with EUROLYNX Collaborative science for large #carnivoreconservation 🐈 ➝ 🐆 From Eurasian #lynx to #snowleopards Join us!! 📅 11 February ⏰ 15:30 (Bishkek time) 📍 Online 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/SLNEurolynx @snowleopardhope.bsky.social

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🧬Recent #research by @kasolari.bsky.social et al. shows how whole-genome data can inform #snowleopard conservation—from species history & distribution to individual id. using non-invasive samples—demonstrating how genomics can support real-world #conservation. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Why attend? 🧬 Dr. @kasolari.bsky.social will detail how to identify individual #snowleopards using fecal samples and how YOU can apply this new SNP panel to your own research areas. Facilitated by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad. 👉 bit.ly/SLGenomicHistory #Conservation #Genomics #WildlifeScience #genes

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We’re back!🐆 Join the 1st #SLNwebinar of 2026: How genomics can inform #conservation, with Dr. @kasolari.bsky.social Discover how whole-genome sequencing & new SNP panels are revolutionizing #snowleopard protection 📅THU-Jan 22 | 10AM-Bishkek Register: bit.ly/SLGenomicHis...

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#HappyNewYear — from our community to yours 🎇 For over 2 decades, SLN has grown through shared knowledge & #collaboration across borders. Thank you for another year advancing science, local leadership & conservation. Here’s to a hopeful 2026! 💫 #SnowLeopard #Conservation

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

This imbalance affects #biodiversity, #watersecurity, and #mountain livelihoods. The good news? Low-emission pathways can stabilize habitats and reduce conflict risks. 📖 Zhang et al. (2025), Ecology & Evolution (#openaccess): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ClimateAction

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

As #climatechange accelerates, #mountain systems are shifting. Snow leopards & blue sheep are pushed upslope—but unevenly. 🐑🏔️🐆 Blue sheep lose habitat much faster, leaving predators without prey and increasing risks of livestock #conflict.

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

High in the #mountains, survival depends on relationships 🏔️ This #InternationalMountainDay reminds us that mountains are living systems—linking climate, wildlife, water & people. New #SLResearch shows #ClimateChange is disrupting these links #MountainsMatter #Glaciers @fao.org @undp.org @unep.org

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

🐾Protecting these “stepping stone” habitats is key to maintaining gene flow & long-term viability for #SnowLeopards. Join us to learn how #genetics can guide transboundary conservation for Asia’s elusive mountain cat. 🔗Register: bit.ly/SLNConnectKZ #ConservationScience

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

🧬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

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

🎙 Our facilitator, Alexander Karnaukhov is a veteran #conservation biologist with 20+ years of field experience across Altai-Sayan & Central Asia. He has helped the stabilization efforts of #snowleopard numbers in Russia through #cameratrapping & #communitybased efforts.

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

🎙 Our speaker, Dr. Miroslav Korablev is a senior researcher at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology & Evolution (Russian Academy of Sciences). His work on #snowleopard #genetics across Russia & Mongolia reveals how northern populations stay connected across vast mountain ranges.

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

🧬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

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Each encounter between #people and #wildlife tells two stories: one of #conflict, and one of #coexistence. 🌱 Through shared knowledge, ethics, and empathy, we can shape a future where both thrive side by side. 💚 #EthicalConservation #Coexistence #CommunityConservation #humanwildlifeconflict

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

On #EthicalConservationDay, ECA celebrates 2 years of learning, growing & building a movement for biodiversity grounded in justice, empathy & respect. 🌿 Explore the new #ECAToolkit on Human–Wildlife Conflict—turning conflict into coexistence. 🌏 www.ethicalconservation.org/toolkit #ECAturns2

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Snow Leopard Network (SLN) @snowleopardnet.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Behind every #wildlife conservation conflict lies an opportunity. Practitioners from around the globe have come together to share tools for #conflictmanagement & #coexistence. A new toolkit, built from real experience, launches TODAY, November 6! Stay tuned.📢 #EthicalConservationDay

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