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Munib Khanyari
Munib Khanyari is a Programme Manager at Nature Conservation Foundation’s High Altitude Program. He studies factors that affect mountain ungulate populations at a landscape level, and is particularly interested in understanding how mountain ungulate populations can be sustained in human-use landscapes of the Trans-Himalayas, to ensure the conservation of their predator, the Snow Leopard, while ensuring that local communities aren’t negatively affected in the process. He posts as @munibkhanyari on Instagram.
Photo FeatureenvironmentA Cat Among The People
Can Snow Leopards survive in human-dominated, non-protected landscapes? A study from Upper Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, suggests that Snow Leopard conservation needs to involve local communities
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The rather overlooked and undervalued ethos of optimism in conservation can be the key to protecting our planet's future
Quick ReadenvironmentThe Extraordinary Task Of Surveying Snow Leopards In Jammu & Kashmir
An ode to the dogged spirit of its field researchers and the unfaltering support of the local people
Photo FeatureanimalsAre Blue Sheep Really Blue?
Meet the unsung mountain monarchs of the Himalayas, Blue Sheep, locally known as Bharal
Photo FeatureanimalsPIKA-boo!
There’s a lot we can learn about the magnificent high Himalaya by studying pikas, one of its tiniest (and by far, cutest) occupants