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A UN prize-winning NGO’s remarkable efforts to save the snow leopards of Pakistan from extinction
I was thrilled to learn that for the first time since the Equator Prize was launched by the United Nations Equator Initiative in 2002, an NGO from Pakistan has won the prestigious award for this year. Every two years, the Equator Prize showcases from around the world community efforts that [...]
Snow leopards bring education to Basha valley girls
Until a decade ago, the only snow leopard a resident of Pakistan’s Basha Valley wanted to see was a dead one. But today the endangered big cat has brought education to their homes, especially to their daughters. Tanya Rosen, a snow leopard conservationist, was on one of her expeditions in [...]
The secret behind the remarkable success of snow leopard conservation in Pakistan
Many Pakistanis perhaps do not know that there are snow leopards in Pakistan’s northern mountains, mainly in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region. Moreover, it is little known that the snow leopard population is in perpetual conflict with farmers who live in these mountains too. Snow leopards frequently kill domestic goats and sheep [...]
Skardu: International Snow Leopard Day marked
SKARDU (PR) – The Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization (BWCDO) organized and celebrated International Snow Leopard Day in Basha Valley Shigar Baltistan, in collaboration with various schools in Basha, the Education, Forest and Wildlife Departments, Iqra Fund, and the local community. Each year BWCDO celebrates this event. The first [...]
Baltistan Wildlife Conservation, Development Organization celebrates Snow Leopard Day in Basha Valley
SKARDU: (PR) The Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization (BWCDO) organized and celebrated International Snow Leopard Day in Basha Valley Shigar Baltistan, in collaboration with various schools in Basha, the Education, Forest and Wildlife Departments, Iqra Fund, and the local community. Each year BWCDO celebrates this event with full zeal and [...]