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Cottage Industry Provide income generation opportunities for communities in snow leopard habitat through handicraft manufacture and marketing opportunities with direct and transparent linkages to wildlife conservation via contracts that provides positive incentives for compliance. • Conduct socio-economic assessment of target community to assess income generation needs and opportunities • Conduct biological baseline survey to enable impact monitoring Research required prior to taking action: • Identify the nature and extent of the conservation threat to be addressed and actions required Action Guidelines Policy level Community level Steps: • Gain government recognition of need and importance of community generated conservation contracts • Gain local governments and/or Protected Area administration support in development of conservation contracts • Establish communication channels for reporting contract violations Contract development • Identify stakeholders who have an active or passive influence on the conservation threat • With stakeholders, determine benefits of added income through marketing handicrafts • With stakeholders, define conservation actions the community will commit to in exchange for additional income generation opportunities • Prepare conservation contract with explicit conservation and business commitments • Establish incentive structure (e.g. bonus payment) to encourage compliance with conservation contract • Develop monitoring protocols and success indicators Handicraft development • Evaluate skills, available materials, production capacity, and training needs • Undertake market research to determine demand and product development needs • Initiate product development with designer input based on materials; capacity; and market demand • Identify possible support partners (micro-credit, business development, skills training and capacity building) • Prepare and implement a business plan that considers production, transportation, and marketing costs, and includes a distribution strategy • Conduct ongoing independent scientific monitoring to ensure contract compliance Stakeholders: • Protected Areas administration and wildlife conservation agencies • International or local development and conservation NGO’s • Micro-credit banks and agencies • Local communities in snow leopard habitat, particularly in buffer zones of Protected Areas • Local businesses and traders 36 | SNOW LEOPARD SURVIVAL STRATEGY
Potential Pitfalls: • High logistical costs associated with production by communities in snow leopard habitat due to remoteness and difficulty of access • Time constraints imposed by climate and production cycles • Difficulty of semi-skilled artisans to manufacture products that consistently meet quality expectations of broad market • Inconsistent participation of trained artisans • Potential pressure on natural resources if materials used are in short supply Monitoring Protocols / Success Indicators: Biological: • Numbers, trends and productivity of wild ungulates • Density of snow leopard sign • Other indicators as determined collaboratively by community and conservationists Socio-economic: • Numbers of local people gaining benefit from the handicraft initiative • Financial impact at household and community levels • Public attitudes to snow leopards • Meeting goals of Business Plan Public Awareness: • Publicize examples of best practice conservation linked income generation • Publicize success indicators, both biological and socio-economic • Marketing: reach wide audience with positive message of conservation SNOW LEOPARD SURVIVAL STRATEGY | 37
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