The Snow Leopard Conservancy Trust India, based in the Ladakh District of Jammu and Kashmir State, has projects both inside and outside Hemis National Park. Established in 1981, the 3,350 square-kilometer park offers excellent habitat for snow leopards and harbors four species of wild sheep and goats, giving it international biodiversity importance. About 1,600 people live in the park in more than a dozen settlements.

The goal of the project is to provide environmental education to children in remote villages of Ladakh, that surround the Hemis National Park. This is a part of a more holistic effort by the partner NGO Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC-India) in trying to solve the predators-human beings conflict in the National Park through community-based conservation.

Programme

• Corral Predator-proofing in Ladakh.
• Community-based Snow Leopard Monitoring.
• Snow Leopard Conservancy Interpretive Materials.
• In collaboration with Ladakh’s Department of Wildlife Protection, they have produced materials for visitors to Hemis National Park. A handout contains information about the park, its wildlife, and certain regulations of which tourists should be mindful. This information is also displayed in large format in “Parachute Cafés” operated by village women along the trekking routes. In addition, there is a panel on the cafés and how they benefit local people.
• How does Community-Based Eco-Tourism Save Snow Leopards?
• Local communities become guardians of healthy populations of snow leopards.

For further information contact us at our Leh  office:

Snow leopard Conservancy Ibex Hotel Complex, Leh, Ladakh, India
Ph: 91 1982 250953

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Non Governmental Organisations

1. Leh Nutrition Project (LNP)
2. The Ladakh Ecological Development Group (LEDeG)
3. Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL)
4. Child Welfare Society of Ladakh
5. LTO
6. Rural Development and you (RDY)
7. Ladakh Environment and Health Organisation (LEHO)
8. Ladakh Heart Foundation
9. Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC)
10. Save the Children
11. Women Alliance of Ladakh (WAL)
12. WWF-India
13. Snow Leopard Conservancy
14. Druk White Lotus School
15. Ladakh Nuns Association,

16.  SKARCHEN

17. Yuthog