Blizzards are great for beards.

Rangers are *the* key piece and the frontline of conservation. Had some solid sessions on tracking snow leopards, security, and using tourism as a tool for conservation. High Asia Habitat Fund Snow Leopard Trust Snow Leopard Foundation in Kyrgyzstan Voygr Expeditions

Facts.

Ever struggled to explain map projections? this might help :) mathigon.org/course/circles…

Bishkek showing off it’s Christmas spirit.

Егери играют ключевую роль в сохранении. Совместно с Behzad J. Larry и нашими егерями обсуждали как находить снежных барсов, безопасность, а также использование туризма как инструмента сохранения

Always exciting to get some new SWAROVSKI OPTIK gear in. These BTX-95s are essential for our tracking teams and ranger teams across the High Himalayas and Central Asia.

If you’re flying on an Embraer jet this quarter, check out the inflight mag. I’m on the cover! 2 great pieces on my photography + on our snow leopard expeditions. Digital versions here: issuu.com/ngmedia/docs/e…

FACT : You can continue to test positive even after recovering from covid for upto 1-2 months FACT : Ministry of Health does not allow you to upload recovery certificate or a 15 days+ covid positive certificate for travel into India This needs to change. Please RT #airsuvidha

Fascinating publication about the anatomy of #SnowLeopard's forelimb- reveals functional adaptations balancing demands of head-first descent, pouncing, climbing across rocky terrain, restraint of large prey, rapid pursuit, and navigating deep snow! academic.oup.com/icb/article-ab…

Interested in snow leopards, communication and want to work with a great team? Fluent in both Russian and English? Apply here: snowleopard.org/about/careers/

Right now our local community in Ak-Shyirak is undertaking an intensive English language course in the framework of our ecotourism project supported by GEF SGP. Since this village is in a high mountain area and there is no internet, we purchased these pocket dictionaries.

Major census of Amur tigers -the world’s largest big cat-continues in the Far East of Russia. There are 630 tigers living in the wild in Russia according to previous data. The last census was held in winter 2014/15. 2,500 people are working on this census; video by Igor Metelskiy

Kyrgyz President H.E. Садыр Жапаров / Sadyr Zhaparov mentions successful cooperation for #SnowLeopard conservation at the India-Central Asia Summit. Hails the effort as one of a noble species being saved from imminent extinction: president.kg/ru/sobytiya/21… pic: Behzad J. Larry

For years, the Pleistocene & Holocene distribution of the #snowleopard has led to suggestions that it might be discovered in the fossil record of Europe. Hemmer (2022) has just reported a Middle #Pleistocene lower jaw from France as that of a Snow leopard link.springer.com/article/10.100…

All sightings are a blessing, but some are extra special. Snow Leopard Trust Koustubh Sharma Voygr Expeditions

Spectacular trip to train our Kyrgyz ranger team with Koustubh Sharma Snow Leopard Trust and Snow Leopard Foundation in Kyrgyzstan. Voygr Expeditions setting up shop locally and leading the pack with snow leopard tourism based in community focused conservation.

В рамках проекта по развитию экотуризма на снежного барса, егери были обучены нахождению снежного барса, а также был протестирован лагерь. Small Grants Programme

In the framework of Small Grants Programme project on snow leopard ecotourism, we have conducted test tour to see snow leopard. Check out the full video to find out if we saw snow leopard Voygr Expeditions Behzad J. Larry Snow Leopard Trust Koustubh Sharma instagram.com/tv/CdBSZH2oFIL…

Ibex #Boyzone #Kyrgyzstan