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International Snow Leopard Day - October 23

October 27 , 2020 1432 days 745 0
  • Snow Leopard is called Man’s Best Friend.
  • The first International Snow Leopard Day was celebrated in 2014.
  • It was proclaimed at the first Global Snow Leopard Forum held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
  • Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Programme was initiated by Kyrgyzstan Government.
  • The programme secures 20 snow leopard landscapes under the “Secure 20 by 2020” initiative.
  • India is a signatory of the programme.
  • The other countries that have signed the programme are China, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • All these countries are in the Snow Leopard ranges.
  • These countries signed the Bishek Declaration
  • The year 2015 was declared as the International Year of Snow Leopard.
  • India has 10% of global snow leopard population.
  • It is listed in Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in India.
  • Project Snow Leopard was launched in 2009 in India.
  • The project was launched in states where the population of snow leopard are found.
  • They are Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

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