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The snow leopard is an important symbol of healthy mountain ecosystems and the communities living there, yet this cat is under threat of extinction across its range. Hundreds of millions of people depend on these landscapes for water, hydropower, agriculture, mineral resources, medicinal products, cultural traditions and spiritual values, and inspiration. Realizing the threat of imminent snow leopard extinction, the governments of the range countries joined the efforts in boosting snow leopard conservation through developing systematic national programs addressing all major threats, scaling up tested good practices, increasing allocation of resources, and addressing cross-sectoral and regional issues. This section describes preparation and initial steps of the Global Snow Leopard Initiative launched by H.E. President Almazbek Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic. Its signature features include the high-level political endorsement and declaration, robust national and global program, key principles, and the common goal to secure at least 20 snow leopard conservation landscapes by the year 2020. |
