towards project snow leopard - Nature Conservation Foundation

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into two categories – one deals with the development of the PSL strategy and action plan document
itself, and the other are some activities that may be part of the PSL, but can anyway be initiated as
soon as possible. In the listing below, the consultations deal with the PSL development, while the
other activities are those that may be taken up under the implementation of PSL or even initiates
earlier. The listing contains the activity, organization(s) that will take the lead, the tentative time
frame.
5.1. Consultations
5.1.1. Other State Departments (e.g. tribal development, animal husbandry, etc.) - at a
later date; spreading awareness and seeking reactions once a relatively comprehensive
document is drafted (HPFD, ISLT-NCF; Apr-May 05)
5.1.2. Local communities and CBOs - > 3000 m as well as fringing areas; discussions should
start at the outset; incorporate their views; also consulting local hunters (ISLT-NCF;
Nov 04-Aug 05;)
5.1.3. Local NGOs; this will help to incorporate a variety of social concerns and seek
potential partners (same as communities)
5.1.4. Tour operators at a later date: Tour operators need to be sensitized to the importance
of nature and community friendly tourism. Their genuine business concerns also
need to be incorporated. (HPFD; Dec-Feb 05)
5.1.5. Forest Department field staff; while the concerns of a cross-section of wildlife staff
were incorporated during this workshop, more local consultations with field staff
need to be taken up (time as of community; HPFD, ISLT-NCF)
5.2. Research and monitoring
5.2.1. Natural resource mapping; a spatial database is an invaluable resource for conservation
planning (HPFD, other institution to be identified later)
5.2.2. Focused research on local institutions, resource use (together with natural resource
mapping)
5.2.3. Preliminary socio-economic baseline (especially demography and natural resource
dependence); see 5.2.2 above (NCF-ISLT-Steering Committee; also consult others
including WII)
5.2.4. Experiments in pasture development, including devising ways of enhancing moisture
retention, alpine weed control (including local biological control), removal/ control
of exotics (ICIMOD)
5.2.5. Home range studies on the snow leopard using radio-collaring (ISLT-HPFD)
5.2.6. Ecology of the wolf including home-range studies (radio-collaring) (WII)
5.2.7. Developing a proposal for use of advanced techniques for snow leopard population