Tag: Conservation

• 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

• No free lunch

  In Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 14, Jonny and Maurice discuss the hidden perils of conservation social science research. Seven years on and they’re still publishing journal articles from this work.

  May 27, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Wild Mustang

  From its stunning arid landscapes to its Yakdonalds, the world’s deepest valley is full of surprises. Jonny gives a guided tour in Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 13.

  May 19, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Stairway to heaven

  3 planes, 2 buses, 3 jeeps + 12 hours of walking on the stairway to heaven just to get to snow leopard country, and my closest encounter so far with the mountain ghost. Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 12 explains.

  May 13, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• 21st century conservation

  Diverse, interdisciplinary, inclusive, digital: this is 21st century conservation in action, understanding nature and human nature to save the world, its people and its places. This is Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 10…

  April 28, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Water of life

  Not just a pretty face, snow leopards roam landscapes that provide water for 1/3 of the human race. In Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 9, Jonny explains 4 ways in which water and wildlife connect on the Roof of the World.

  April 21, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Oh deer, what can the matter be?

  In Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 8, I look at the snow leopard’s 3 main large prey species in Nepal. Think fast food, very fast food and extremely fast food.

  April 14, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Homeward bound

  In Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 7, I finish setting up the first phase of data collection in the Everest region. Then it’s a gruelling, up-hill-and-down-dale trek out, with all those questionnaires strapped to my back.

  April 8, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Yak yeti yak

  In Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 6, Jonny et al come face-to-face with the realities – and mythologies – of living alongside large carnivores. Lock up your yaks.

  April 1, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards