Getting Climate-Smart with the Snow Leopard in Central Asia

Author: Laurent Fouinat, GRID-Arendal

Contributors: Stefan Michel, UNEP Technical advisor Tanya Rosen, UNEP Technical advisor Jessica Bitsch, UNEP Maarten Hofman, UNEP Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal

Koustubh Sharma, Snow Leopard Trust & Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection programme (GSLEP) Justine Shanti Alexander, Snow Leopard Trust Ranjini Murali, Snow Leopard Trust Reviewers: Matthias Jurek, UNEP Susan Mutebi-Richards, UNEP Arash Ghoddousi, Humboldt-University Berlin Citation: United Nations Environment Programme and GRID- Arendal (2020). Getting Climate-Smart with the Snow Leopard in Central Asia: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme . Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme. Disclaimer The contents of this brief do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UN Environment Programme or contributory organisations. The designations employed and the presentation of material on any maps in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover photo: iStock/RolfSt