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Recovery of snow leopard Uncia uncia in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) national park, Nepal
From September to November 2004 we conducted surveys of snow leopard Uncia uncia signs in three major valleys in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) national park in Nepal using the Snow Leopard Information Management System, a standardized survey technique for snow leopard research. We walked 24 transects covering c. 14 km and located 33 sites with 56 snow leopard signs, and 17 signs incidentally in...
Snow leopard sightings on the top of the world

Sightings of snow leopards Uncia uncia in the wild are rare. This is because snow leopards occur in low numbers and are very elusive (Schaller 1977). Snow leopards may be sparsely distributed, but they may not, however, be very elusive in the world's highest park, Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park (86° 30' 53" E to 86° 99' 08" E and 27° 46' 19" N to 27° 06...

Reducing livestock depredation losses in the Nepalese Himalaya

In the Nepalese Himalaya, conflict with rural communities due to livestock predation to large carnivores like snow leopard, common leopard, wolf and wild dog has risen sharply in recent years. This increase is attributed to a number of factors, including implementation and enforcement of wildlife protection laws (which have permitted a recovery in carnivore numbers), the creation of protected...

Behaviour and ecology of the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) in a human-dominated landscape outside protected areas
The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) is a very rare, endangered, endemic species surviving in isolated mountain pockets in the Ethiopian highlands, with nearly 50% of the global population living outside protected areas. In this paper we compare the ecology and behaviour of an Ethiopian wolf population living in Guassa, a communally managed area in the Central Highlands, with that of the Bale...
Predictability of hunting: A logistical analysis of western Canadian hunters
This study uses logistic regression analytical techniques to examine the predictability of hunting for the three Canadian Prairie Provinces, using data from the 1996 Survey on the Importance of Nature to Canadians. The main objective was to examine several demographic predictor variables for potential correlation with a discrete dependent variable (hunted wildlife or not in 1996). Key findings...
From the field: Brown bear habituation to people - safety risks, and benefits
Recently, brown bear (Ursus arctos) viewing has increased in coastal Alaska and British Columbia, as well as in interior areas such as Yellowstone National Park. Viewing is most often being done under conditions that offer acceptable safety to both people and bears. We analyze and comment on the underlying processes that lead brown bears to tolerate people at close range. Although habituation is...
Perisher Range Resorts: Environmental Management System

The Perisher Range Resorts is an area of outstanding natural beauty within Kosciuszko National Park, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Our summer and winter recreational facilities are among the best in Australia, and part of the attraction of a holiday in Perisher is the intimacy that a visitor feels with the surrounding landscape.

It is recognised that the...

Conservation through insurance: A concept paper on the development of a community-owned saving, credit and insurance scheme

The Snow Leopard, one of the world's rarest cats inhabits the Northern regions of Nepal. Within Nepal the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) has one of the highest population densities of Snow Leopards. Through its policies of grassroots management and community participation, the Conservation project has been successful in conserving wildlife and its habitat whilst promoting human development...

A 5-year tourism strategy framework for the western region of Kenya with specific focus on Mt. Elgon national park: Final report
Mt. Elgon National Park covers an area of 169 sq. km and receives 3,000 visitors yearly. Main challenges of the park include security for wildlife and visitors, increasing human-wildlife conflict along the border with the former farms around the park that are now sub-divided and settled by formerly landless people and with non-residential cultivation in the forest reserves,...
Impacts of non-motorized trail use

Deterioration of the physical structure of trails results from both natural processes and the forces exerted by trail users. Some studies indicate that natural degradation erodes trails more than trail users. The opposite is also sometimes true: User-caused erosion can exceed natural processes where use is heavy or soils are particularly weak.

Empirical studies have looked at...

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