Category: Snow leopards

• Jonny publishes final PhD paper

  Jonny’s final PhD paper – with input, data and analysis from co-authors Maurice Schutgens, Nabin Baral and Nigel Leader-Williams – on the potential of snow leopard tourism in the Annapurna region of Nepal has been published open access in Taylor & Francis’s Tourism Planning & Development journal. Click the link to read or download: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568316.2022.2122073

  September 13, 2022

  Snow leopards

• Jonny’s penultimate PhD paper published

  Jonny’s penultimate PhD paper on human-snow leopard coexistence in Nepal’s Everest & Annapurna regions has just been published open access in Springer Nature’s Environmental Management journal. Click here to read or download the article.

  May 13, 2022

  Nepal, Snow leopards

• Big Cats: The (Natural) History Of A Fascination

  Big cats are one of planet earth’s most iconic animal families. The pinnacle of natural selection, they occupy a unique place in human culture and imagination. Despite this, big cats are under threat like never before, as they struggle to adapt to the Anthropocene. Join big cat conservationist Dr Jonny Hanson for an interactive exploration…

  January 13, 2022

  Big cats, Carnivores, Rewilding, Snow leopards, Speaking

• Mountain Ghost: The Science of Snow Leopards

  Today, International Snow Leopard Day 2021, join conservationist Dr Jonny Hanson for an interactive and engaging exploration of the science of snow leopards. From natural selection and camera trapping to social surveys and ecosystem services, learn about the natural history of and threats to this elusive big cat, its coexistence with local communities, and the…

  October 23, 2021

  Conservation, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Dr Jonny Hanson YouTube channel launched

  This is the trailer for my new YouTube channel, where you can watch all of my videos. Thanks to the Northern Ireland Science Festival, Jubilee Community Benefit Society, the Snow Leopard Conservancy and everyone else who has played a part.

  October 11, 2021

  Carnivores, Documentaries, Food and farming, Rewilding, Snow leopards

• Mountains of the mind

  It’s not the imposing spires of the Himalayas that are the world’s most challenging peaks; it’s the mountains of the mind. These mental massifs also dictate the success or failure of snow leopard conservation, and of nature conservation in general. Some parting thoughts from the series in Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 19.

  July 7, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• The voices of those who matter II

  Conservation = nature + human nature. But it’s the human nature bit that’s the tricky part, especially where large carnivores are concerned. Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries explores the nuances of these relationships in Nepal’s Annapurna Conservation Area.

  June 29, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Seven days in Little Tibet

  One of the world’s most remote and extraordinary places, Nepal’s NarPhu valley has everything: stunning scenery, challenging trekking, Tibetan Buddhist culture, Cold War history. And did we mention the snow leopards? A week of wonder in Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 17.

  June 23, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Himalayan Fawlty Towers

  In Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 16, Jonny and the team experience the Himalaya’s very own version of Fawlty Towers, and live to tell the tale. There’s never a dull moment in conservation social science research…

  June 17, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Goldrush

  A caterpillar fungus with a street value more than some illicit drugs, for which people will risk life and limb to gather in Asia’s high mountains. Read all about it in Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 15.

  June 9, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards