Tag: South Asia

• 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

• 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

• 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