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FROM THE DIRECTOR & BOARD CHAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We’re also making solar-powered Foxlights available, so herders will have a portable and easily-installed predator deterrent. These flashing lights scare away snow leopards; with their flocks safe, herders will have no reason to hunt down and kill the magnificent cats. In Mongolia, communities celebrated our nominee, Tungalagtuya Khuukhenduu, for receiving a Disney Conservation Fund Hero Award for her innovative Nomadic Nature Trunk program, bringing conservation education to children in Mongolia’s remotest corners. Your support for our Sacred Sites–Sacred Species program made progress possible in

building our snow leopard range-wide community of Indigenous Cultural Practitioners (ICPs). We’re excited to continue developing our program for monitoring of snow leopards and data-recording by ICPs in a way that supports the goals of the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Plan. At the same time, we’re coordinating a ground-breaking collaboration to develop measures of success from the indigenous point of view. Please continue reading this report to learn more about how your gifts are protecting snow leopards. We are looking forward to a productive 2016, and are ever grateful to you for continuing on this journey with us.

Caroline Gabel

Chair

Over the past fifteen years, the Snow Leopard Conservancy has worked according to the deep conviction that mountain communities—too often ignored by policymakers—need to have a key role in snow leopard conservation. Your support and investment is allowing us to serve as the facilitators in a holistic approach that addresses livelihood improvement and conservation education as necessary elements in community-based protection of these iconic cats. Together with our local partners, our sights remain set on alleviating livestock depredation, addressing poaching, and expanding locally-driven wildlife monitoring, while honoring traditional practices and ways of knowing. Several events occurred this past year that have led us to reconfirm our commitment to communities. In April an earthquake devastated Nepal, as detailed on page 7 of our report. This catas-trophe has renewed our commitment to promoting economic prosperity in Nepalese communities while simultaneously protecting the snow leopard. In response to the quake, we are forming partnerships to expand our successful Savings and Credit network to put money in the pockets of those villagers who were hardest hit by the natural disaster.

Rodney Jackson

Founder-Director

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Staff of Jigme Dorji National Park and seven members of the Yutoed and Nubri communities visited Ladakh, India, to learn about SLC-India’s highly successful Himalayan Homestay program. A similar program is being developed in Bhutan, operated by local women, as a culturally appropriate and wildlife friendly alternative livelihood. Following the model of Mongolia's Nomadic Nature Trunks program, Bhutan Foundation began developing an educational “Snow Leopard Chest” for distribution to schools and teachers in the National Park. The Chest includes lessons, posters, games, and other materials for conducting interactive educational exercises aimed at increasing community awareness of the importance of protecting the snow leopard, its natural prey (blue sheep, below right), and its high-mountain ecosystem.

BHUTAN

Partners: Bhutan Foundation; Nature Recreation and Ecotourism Department; Jigme Dorji National Park

Snow Leopard Conservancy’s Mission

Ensuring snow leopard survival and conserving mountain landscapes by

expanding environmental awareness and sharing innovative practices through

community stewardship and partnerships

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The GuideStar Exchange Seal demonstrates the Conservancy’s commitment to transparency

Veterinarians continued treating domestic dogs, carriers of a form of mad-cow disease, a major cause of mortality among yaks (above) in Bhutan. Regular treatment of domestic and feral dogs is the most cost-effective means of controlling this serious disease, and for fostering long-term community support for protecting large predators like the snow leopard. Concluding three years of collaboration and mentoring, we are happy to announce that the Bhutan Foundation and Jigme Dorje National Park will assume responsibility for program administration.

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The Conservancy secured funding from the Australian Himalayan Foundation for Snow Leopard Conservancy-India to carry out corral predator-proofing in the remote district of Zanskar. Community consultations and assessments of livestock depredation were carried out, and four corrals were completed with four still under construction. Delays were mostly due to uncommonly heavy rains in the region, which resulted in flooding that washed out trails and bridges. In turn, communications and transportation were severely affected. People who had planned to work on the corrals were instead engaged in road and bridge repair. It took a month for wire mesh to reach Zanskar, where the order would normally have been delivered within a week. Given the changing weather patterns across the region, corral improvements will now be undertaken in spring as soon as the snow melts.

For every corral secured, up to five snow leopards are prevented from preying on the livestock within. Cats like the one above, photographed via trail camera by SLC-India, are thus safe from retaliation by herders.

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MONGOLIA

Partner: Nomadic Nature Conservation

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The Disney Conservation Fund’s Conservation Heroes program celebrates individuals around the world for their passion to conserve nature and create a brighter tomorrow. As a researcher, Tunga recognized that rural Mongolians had no access to environmental education. Working with conservation organizations like the Conservancy, she created “Nomadic Nature Trunks,” which are travelling classrooms for school students, with interactive lesson plans on conservation of Mongolia’s ecosystems.

Congratulations to the Conservancy’s partner and nominee Tunga Khuukhenduu on receiving a 2015 Disney Conservation Hero Award!

Tunga shows her Conservation Hero medal to a friend.

Tunga’s dynamic and playful teacher training style (seen above) has made this program extremely popular with remote communities in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. The Conservancy facilitated adaptation of the model Tunga created, for use in Bhutan in 2015.

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Survey questions included whether the community gained new knowledge about biodiversity conservation, wildlife, and mountain predators; whether the teaching skills of park staff, community leaders, and teachers has been improved; what challenges if any were encountered in using the trunks; whether the community’s negative attitudes towards snow leopards are changing; and whether best management practices are being implemented in the pilot areas. Results of the evaluation revealed that the trunk program is thriving in far western Mongolia’s Altai Mountain region, where eco-clubs have been initiated by particularly motivated teachers. In the southern Gobi desert areas, further training and encouragement are needed for the program to gain widespread acceptance.

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*Park staff in the protected areas rated the trunks as

the most important tool for public awareness work.

*Many teachers asked for their own trunk to keep at

the school. They also asked for a refresher training.

*One biology teacher developed her own lesson plan

based on the trunk contents and training she

received; Nomadic Nature Conservation staff were invited to sit in on the class.

*In Uvs Province, >50% of eco-club graduates go on

to major in environmental studies. One respondent

has a son studying biology, another who’s a bird-watcher and researcher, a daughter with a Forestry

degree, and another working as a geologist.

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region in a trans-boundary summer eco-club; the

Tuva protected area administration has asked for their own trunk.

Tunga undertook evaluation and monitoring in six snow leopard protected areas to assess the effectiveness of the Nature Trunk program. These sites are a two-day drive from the capital, Ulaanbaatar, where half of Mongolians live.

Evaluation methods included key informant interviews, focus group meetings, and questionnaires, such as are being completed by this herder couple.

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NEPAL

Students from four schools in Upper Mustang celebrated Environment Day with a snow leopard awareness rally and inter-school art competition. The next day, a group of five boys and nine girls—all Snow Leopard Scouts—hiked with their teachers and a local herder to the site of the Environmental Awareness Camp. Scouts learned about ways to reduce conflict between humans and wildlife, such as predator proofing corrals and installing Foxlights. They also were taught to use binoculars, GPS, and camera traps. They found fresh signs of snow leopards and classified a herd of blue sheep seen through the spotting scope.

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Due to the earthquake we had to suspend most of our snow leopard conservation activities, such as corral predator-proofing,

seen above, at least through 2015.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake in April, followed by a 7.3 after-shock in May, brought disaster to this country, which has a land area almost as large as Illinois. Over 8,000 people were killed,

almost 3 million more displaced, nearly a million homes and over 5,500 government buildings were destroyed or damaged. Economic losses exceeded a third of the national GDP of about $20 billion.

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NEPAL, Continued

In response to the devastating quake, we determined to expand our successful Savings & Credit program initiated in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park. The Park, prime snow leopard habitat, was one of the hardest hit by the quake. The program was established in four communities too far off the main Everest Base Camp trekking trail to significantly benefit from tourism. The goal was to help local households increase their income as a means for mitigating the periodic loss of livestock to wildlife. There are now 179 members in four associations, primarily led by women, who have continued to make monthly deposits and to grow their principal. Fifteen percent of interest received is invested in community conservation and protection of snow leopards. We did postpone the planned training in livelihood enterprises until the area has recovered enough to resume normal life. Unfortunately, the country continues to struggle with ongoing poli-tical instability, complications in distributing aid funding, and moving forward with rebuilding.

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Indicators of the success of the Savings & Credit program include the anti-poaching actions taken by members of one group. They seized traps set for Himalayan pheasants and also detained poachers and then handed them over to the park authorities. Also, three groups have provided financial support from their profits to area schools via a Conservation Education Fund.

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A Savings & Credit Association member receives her loan.

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PAKISTAN

Partner: Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization-Project Snow Leopard (BWCDO), with the support of Pakistan’s Wildlife Department

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Since 2003, the Conservancy has facilitated the efforts of the Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization in the Northern Areas region. Under Ghulam Mohammad’s direction, boys and girls have had the opportunity to learn about their high mountain environment.

I will put all my efforts to help the people of the remote areas. We will support the school teachers’ training for the quality of education in Basha Valley, and we appreciate the educational efforts done by BWCDO. Special thanks are due to Ghulam Muhammad, General Manager BWCDO for his hard work to boost conservation and education for the poor people in the remote areas of Baltistan.

- Deputy Director of Education for Baltistan

In 2015, the Deputy Director of Education for Baltistan attended the snow leopard program (under way above) and emphasized the importance of conservation education in remote areas.

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SACRED SITES–SACRED SPECIES & GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION PLAN

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After the conference, our Sacred Sites–Sacred Species network met to lay groundwork

for a workshop in 2016 aimed at engaging Indigenous Cultural Practitioners in improving cultural components of education programs, monitoring wildlife, and recording data in a

way that supports the goals laid out by the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Plan. We also began defining Indigenous indicators of conservation success, such as a significant dream or encounter.

Snow Leopard Conservancy staff, and members of the network of Indigenous Cultural Practitioners being facilitated by the Conservancy, attended the conference. Seen here is Almaz Akunov, Kyrgyz

traditional Eagle Hunter (Falconer as the ancient practice is known in the West), making a presentation about his organization, which is reviving Eagle hunting by involving Kyrgyz young people.

A conference, “Seizing an Alternative,” was held in June at Claremont College in

Southern California. It was organized on the assertion that if humanity is to avoid catastrophic conditions we must begin to live and think according to an ecological

worldview. As the world grapples with climate change, there is a growing recognition and acceptance by Western science—with its linear, quantitative world view—of Indigenous, circular, interrelated ways of knowing, and how important these ways are to the

challenge of saving our planet.

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In-Kind Donations

ESRI, mapping software Genentech, Macbook Pro computer

Glitchbusters, computer tech support discount Jens Hauser, wildlife photographer

Seagate, external computer file storage Watermark Press, printing discount

Ian Whalen, Foxlights

Kid Power!

Teenager Kyle Trefny’s greeting cards, made from his own paintings, generated $475, close to matching the amount he raised in 2014. Thank you Kyle!

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Snow Leopard Day celebrant, Sailugmsky National Park, Altai Republic

IN APPRECIATION

The Conservancy’s staff, board and volunteers gave 460 hours of their

time, worth $10,000. The individuals below have given

extraordinary gifts of time and expertise.

The organizations have provided a platform for outreach and donations

Ebay Giving Works

Charleen Gavette, GIS mapping Sujin Lee, website design

Network for Good OneToday by Google Paypal Giving Fund

John Sichi, website design

Fauna Tomlinson, predator deterrent coordination

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The Leopard in the Land DVD is now available

through Amazon.

Episode 51: The Leopard in the Land

Wine Country Nature Lecture Series Kickoff

On-line feature: Homestays for Snow Leopards

in the Himalayas

Taking Techology Out in the Cold: Working

to Conserve Snow Leopards

Rodney Jackson’s paper, Human Wildlife Conflict: Ten Years Later:

Successes and Shortcomings of Approaches to Global Snow Leopard Conservation, was published in Human Dimensions of Wildlife: Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2015, pages 310-316.

Wendy Lama, ecotourism development

specialist & co-owner of Karma Quest

Ecotoursim and Adventure Travel, was

senior author on an article, Marriages of

Convenience: Tips for Win-Win

Partnerships in Sustainable Community-based Tourism. The piece featured

Himalayan Homestays in Ladakh, a program facilitated by the

Conservancy. Karma Quest is our partner in annual fundraising trips to

Ladakh in search of the snow leopard.

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In Memory of In Honor of

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In Aid Of Nepal Earthquake Victims

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Australia

FINANCIALS

Since its creation, the Conservancy's average percentage of Fundraising and G&A is less than 20%. Our higher-than-average percentage for this category in 2015 reflects one-time expenses associated with strategic planning, staff expansion, and the temporary cessation of our work in Nepal as a result of the earthquakes that devastated that country in April and May.

Thanks to our sponsors for helping save wild snow leopards like this beauty, caught via trail camera in Ladakh, northern India by SLC-India Trust

Program Manager Jigmet Dadul.

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Current U.S. Headquarters Staff

Rodney Jackson, Ph.D. Founder-Executive Director Kurt Zimmerman Assistant Director Darla Hillard Education Director Stefanie Shackelford Development Director Joyce Robinson Bookkeeper Current Board of Directors Caroline Gabel Chair Rodney Jackson President Chris Wemmer Vice-President Mary Herrmann Secretary Tshewang Wangchuk Director

Current Advisory Board Christine Breitenmoser- IUCN Cat Specialist Group Würsten, Ph.D. Renee Bumpus Conservation Manager, Houston Zoo Don Hunter, Ph.D. Founder, Rocky Mountain Cat Conservancy Kristin Nowell Director, Cat Action Treasury Barb Palmer Large Mammal Keeper, Denver Zoo Camille Richard Rangeland Ecologist George Schaller, Ph.D. Panthera Mike Weddle Former Science Instructor Bob Wilson Treasurer, Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association

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Development Organization-Project Snow

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Russia

Altai Alliance:

Altai Assistance Project

The Altai Project

Foundation for Sustainable

Development of Altai

WWF–Russia

United States-based Collaborators Denver Zoo

Duquesne University

Snow Leopard Network

Snow Leopard Trust

Worldwide Indigenous Science

Network

Bhutan

Bhutan Foundation

Jigme Dorji National Park

Nature Recreation and Ecotourism

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National Trust for Nature Conservation/

Annapurna Conservation Area Program

Mongolia

Irbis Mongolia

Mongolian Academy of Sciences,

Institute of Biology

Nomadic Nature Conservation

India

Kalpavriksh

Snow Leopard Conservancy–India Trust

Misha, by Chris Llewellyn, Education Specialist, Sacramento Zoo