In the long term, local people have to believe that there is value for them in coexisting with snow leopards, says Jackson.
One such approach is "home-stay" tourism, in which tourists stay and eat with local families recruited and trained for the program. A key advantage is that local people can make "far more income from their home-stays and the tourist visitations than they ever got from their husbandry or farming," says Jackson. That means snow leopards are more valuable alive than dead.
In some places, these schemes have become so popular that they are in danger of becoming a victim of their own success, says Jackson. The trick now will be ensuring that the volume of tourists does not jeopardise the very habitats and species they are coming to see.
Back in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan, Totisho Davlatnazarov Mubarakadamovich has transformed himself from hunter to protector. His altered mindset offers a story of hope for these ethereal cats.
A year ago, he was a man resentful of snow leopards, feeling he had no choice but to retaliate against the predator that was eating away his livestock and livelihood. Now he has become "one of the biggest voices in the valley for snow leopard conservation," says Rosen.
If the future of the snow leopard is to be a bright one, that lone voice will need to become a choir.
Director – Justin Anderson
Photography
Susan Gibson, Duncan Parker, Mateo Willis, John Shier
Editor – Tom Wright
With thanks to
Khenrab Phuntsog, Smanla Tsering, Jigmet Takpa, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife Protection Department, Hemis National Park (India), Snow Leopard Conservancy of India Trust.
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