This week we're celebrating International #SnowLeopardDay with updates from our members. Follow #SLNMemberUpdate for more! 🐾 Photos & info kindly shared by the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation-Mongolia

5️⃣ The Rangers for #WildlifeConservation program, supported by SLCF, @snowleopards and the UK's IWT @UKBCFs) held its 3rd award ceremony on #EarthDay 2026 in Ulaanbaatar. This year's rangers and officers carried out 2,500+ operations against illegal hunting.👏👏

4️⃣ Since 2013, SLCF's summer Eco-Camp has brought herder children together to learn about nature & #snowleopards. Surveys show 80% leave with more positive views of #wildlife. In August 2026, 12 teachers in Uvs Province were trained, and field trips have reached 45 students.

3️⃣ Lessons from 28 years of #SnowLeopard Enterprise: a 2025 independent evaluation found its greatest strength is #trust, not revenue, and that operations need to advance. Now: factory-made pure wool felt for better quality & less labour, and design trials with herder groups.

2️⃣ Tost and Toson Bumba Mountains Nature Reserve joined the @UNESCO World Network of #BiosphereReserves, designated in June 2026 by @UNESCO_MAB. It recognises research and monitoring in the area since 2008. The certificate was presented in Gurvantes Soum in September.

1️⃣ Since 2008, SLCF's Long-Term Ecological Study of #SnowLeopards has collared 47 snow leopards (26 males, 21 females). In April 2026, a team led by @snowleopards researchers collared 3, including M26, confirmed to be the 2024 cub of female F21.

#SLNMemberUpdate | Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation (Mongolia) 🐆 47 collared snow leopards, a @UNESCO reserve certificate, Awards for rangers, Snow leopard Enterprise & Eco-Camp expansion: 5 highlights from SLCF 🧵👇

Happy #KhulanConservationDay! #Mongolia is home to over 80% of the world's khulan. They roam tens of thousands of km² a year and share the Gobi with #snowleopards. Protecting their connected habitats helps both species. 🐆🫏 #khulan #asiaticwildass #BoundlessMovement

#CBDCOP17 | "We roar because snow leopards can't"🐆 From the Mongolia & China Pavilions @TheWCS @ShanCenter to new policy advisories launched by @gslep_program & @snowleopards with Kyrgyzstan, the #snowleopard community is making itself heard at the @UNBiodiversity #COP17Yerevan

#SLNMemberUpdate | Narayan Prasad Koju 3 predators, 1 valley🐆🐺🐆 How do snow leopards, wolves & common leopards share Nepal's Lapchi Valley? Each in its own way, finds his team's study in @PLOSONE Now a road has arrived & the team keeps watching #SnowLeopardDay #SnowLeopard

#SLNMemberUpdate | @OSI_team OSI-Panthera turns 20! For two decades, citizen scientists have joined field missions in Kyrgyzstan & Nepal to study #snowleopards alongside local teams and rangers. Well done to all the "pantherists"! 🥳🙌 #SnowLeopardDay #CitizenScience

#SLNMemberUpdate | Shiv Kumar Thakur 🔟years, 1 snow leopard🐆 Deputy Forest Ranger Shiv Kumar's team in Lahaul, India, recorded the same #snowleopard every year for a decade, plus woolly flying squirrels at 2 locations🏔️ Keep up for more! #SnowLeopardDay #LahaulForestDivision

#SLNMemberUpdate | @WCS_Mongolia is working to protect Mongolia's easternmost snow leopards in the Gobi, where a critical corridor links two protected areas, working with herders, schools, NGOs & government partners. There, #snowleopards survive as low as 1,800m #SnowLeopardDay

🎉 Happy International #SnowLeopardDay! Kicking off our #SLNMemberUpdates with congratulations to Davaa Dondiv, community ranger and herder from Mongolia's Tost Mountains, on the @NABU_de Snow Leopard Award 2026! 🎊 Nominated by SLCF-Mongolia #SnowLeopardAward #SnowLeopard