Conservation Education to Save the Endangered Persian Leopard
Conservation Education to Save the Endangered Persian Leopard
Conservation Education to Save the Endangered Persian Leopard
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<strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Save</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Endangered</strong> <strong>Persian</strong> <strong>Leopard</strong> in Iran<br />
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Activity 9.2.<strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Education</strong> of Local Community in Lorestan, Western Iran<br />
Subject:<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Education</strong> of Local Community<br />
Location:<br />
Lorestan, Western Iran<br />
Duration: November 2010- Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2011<br />
Audience:<br />
Local experts and game wardens, local people and<br />
authorities<br />
Co-funds:<br />
Amersfoort Zoo, <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands and Iranian Department<br />
of Environment<br />
Staffs:<br />
Bagher Nezami (direc<strong>to</strong>r), Mehdi Mojtahedi, Fatemeh<br />
Hosseini-Zavarei and Mohammad S. Farhadinia<br />
Activities: Preparation of information baseline about <strong>Persian</strong><br />
leopard;<br />
Training experts and game wardens;<br />
Assessment of human attitude <strong>to</strong>ward <strong>the</strong> leopard<br />
and extant of possible conflict with preda<strong>to</strong>rs;<br />
Publication of educational materials;<br />
Holding educational workshops and festivals for<br />
local people;<br />
Educating local shepherds.<br />
Fig. 36: Training game wardens <strong>to</strong> use camera traps<br />
Fig. 37: Interview surveys with shepherds<br />
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