CAS Luncheon Series
Thursday, Feburary 4, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
CAS Conference Room, 1424 Broadway, CU-Boulder
This talk will be co-presented by George Taylor, Director of International Programs, Philanthropy Support Services (PSS)/PaxTerra Inc., and Don Hunter, Science Director, Rocky Mountain Cat Conservancy (www.catconservancy.org ). Don Hunter is also the editor of Snow Leopard, Stories from the Roof of the World (University Press of Colorado, 2012), a collection of powerful, first-person accounts by 20+ scientist-explorers who have worked to study, understand and help protect this beautiful, elusive “cat with no roar”.
An introduction to the world of snow leopards, snow leopard conservation and climate change adaptation in High Mountain Asia. The presentation will include a general overview, an introduction to Snow Leopard, Stories from the Roof of the World, and a summary of a recently completed mid-term evaluation of the USAID-funded, WWF-implemented program “Conservation & Adaptation in Asia’s High Mountain Landscapes & Communities” working in six of the 12 snow leopard range countries (Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, the Kyrgyz Republic & Mongolia).