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14 • Workshop Process welfare alongside conservation. The Guest of Honour, Jenab Tariq Hameed Karra, Hon’ble Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Forests, Jammu & Kashmir, gave a comprehensive overview of issues in snow leopard and high altitude wildlife conservation, reemphasized the need to promote wildlife conservation while safeguarding and promoting the welfare of local communities, expressed his state’s support for PSL, and hoped that the workshop would come up with a set of good recommendations for follow-up action. Finally, in his address, the Chief Guest Thiru A. Raja, Hon’ble Union Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India, announced the Government of India’s intent to offer all possible support to strengthen conservation in India’s high altitudes, and assured the participants that the Government would positively consider the recommendations and resolutions that would be made during the workshop. The inaugural session concluded with Shri A. K. Srivastava, IFS, CWLW of Jammu & Kashmir, reiterating the need for PSL, and proposing the vote of thanks. Technical sessions The three technical sessions of the national workshop involved a combination of presentations, state reports, and overviews, followed by detailed discussions. The subjects covered in the presentations, and the main points that emerged during the subsequent discussions, are summarized in Chapter 4. The first technical session chaired by Shri J.C. Kala, DG Forests, Government of India, and co-chaired by Shri P.R. Sinha, Director, WII, involved state reports by the CWLW or their representatives from all the five states. These presentations provided overviews of the status of high altitude biodiversity in each state, and articulated the respective states’ views on PSL. The second technical session was chaired by Dr. B.S. Burfal, PCCF, Uttaranchal and co-chaired by Dr. Anmol Kumar, ADIG Forests, MoEF. It involved presentations by Dr. Tom McCarthy, Conservation and Science Director, ISLT, on the state of current knowledge on snow leopard ecology and threats, by Shri Jigmet Takpa, Regional Wildlife Warden, Ladakh, on biodiversity values of Ladakh, by Dr. S. Sathyakumar, Scientist WII on conservation initiatives by WII on the snow leopard and its prey species in the Trans-Himalaya, and by Dr. Mir Mansoor, Chief Wildlife Veterinary Officer, Jammu & Kashmir, on issues of snow leopard conservation and illegal trade. The final technical session was chaired by Shri I.A. Khan, PCCF, and Shri A.K. Srivastava, CWLW, Jammu & Kashmir. It involved presentations by Dr. V.B. Mathur, Dean, WII, on conservation education initiatives by WII focusing on the snow leopard, by Dr. Yash Veer Bhatnagar, NCF and Associate Director ISLT-India Program, who summarized on behalf of the five states the constraints they face in managing high altitude wildlife and their expectations from PSL, and by Dr. Devendra Pandey, Director, Forest Survey of India, on forest scenario in the Himalayan high altitudes. The workshop ended with the collective drafting of a series of recommendations to the MoEF for early initiation of PSL (Chapter 5). The workshop ended on a positive resolve that our country would soon have a Project Snow Leopard.
Chapter 3: Addresses Thiru A. Raja, Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Government of India Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me immense pleasure and privilege to be here today at Leh, Ladakh and to inaugurate the “National Workshop on Project Snow Leopard” which is being organized by the Department of Wildlife Protection, Government of Jammu & Kashmir in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. I am Thiru A. Raja, Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Government of India extremely happy to note that after the 1986 International Snow Leopard Symposium, that was held in Srinagar, this National Workshop has brought together the conservationists and managers from the five snow leopard range states of India. The snow leopard or Shan (in Ladakhi) is one of the most beautiful cats of the world and is recognized as the ‘king of the snow-capped mountains’ of the Himalaya and Central Asia. It is one of the world’s most elusive, rare and endangered predators. For centuries, it has been an integral part of the life and culture of the people of Ladakh and other high Himalayan regions of India. Aptly named, this elusive and shy predator is perfectly adapted to live in snow-covered high-altitude regions of the Himalaya and mountains of Central Asia. The estimated world population of snow leopards in the world is 3,500-7,000, and in India, it is estimated to be about 500 spreading across the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. About 600-700 snow leopards are reported to be in the zoos around the world including a few individuals that are housed at the Padmaja Naidu
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