Livelihood Improvement
SLF’s Livelihood Improvement program enhances local communities’ economic well-being while supporting wildlife conservation. Key initiatives include Snow Leopard Enterprises, empowering artisans to create and sell handicrafts, and conservation tourism, promoting eco-friendly travel. SLF also implements irrigation schemes and provides seeds for low-water crops, fodder, and fruit plants to diversify agriculture. These efforts improve living standards, reduce poverty, and foster sustainable conservation practices.
Snow Leopard Enterprises
The Snow Leopard Enterprise is a conservation program aimed at strengthening SLF’s community-based conservation efforts through identifying and introducing diverse means of livelihood for communities who share the snow leopard habitat. The aim of such a conservation program is to mitigate the conflict between wildlife and communities whose livestock often falls prey to snow leopard […]
Training Ecosystem Health Workers
SLF conducts refresher trainings for ecosystem health workers (EHWs), selected from communities in its project landscapes to support the vaccination of livestock. The training session includes lectures and practical demonstrations conducted by experts in the veterinary dispensary.
Women Empowerment Through Apiculture: A Success Story from the Snow Leopard Foundation
The Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) has expanded its conservation efforts across over 50 sites in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, including programs such as livestock vaccination, predator-proof corrals, and livestock insurance schemes. These initiatives are complemented by sustainable forest management, land rehabilitation, and livelihood improvement programs like Snow Leopard Enterprises (SLE) and […]