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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
iii<br />
Executive summary<br />
iv<br />
Background and introduction 1<br />
Methodology 3<br />
Species information 4<br />
Biology and habitat 4<br />
Distribution and population 5<br />
Legal status and regulation 11<br />
At international level 11<br />
At national level 15<br />
Types of threat posed to Snow Leopards 19<br />
Loss of natural prey base 19<br />
Conflict with herders 21<br />
Non-selective killing: traps and poison 24<br />
Habitat loss and fragmentation 24<br />
Trapping and killing for trade 24<br />
Threats to Snow Leopards, with a special focus on trade: range State accounts 26<br />
Afghanistan 26<br />
Bhutan 27<br />
China 27<br />
India 29<br />
Mongolia 31<br />
Nepal 36<br />
Pakistan 38<br />
Central Asian republics and the Russian Federation 42<br />
Conservation efforts: some examples 48<br />
Conclusions 53<br />
Recommendations 56<br />
Footnotes 62<br />
References 62<br />
Annex 70<br />
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