Explained: Why India and world are counting snow leopards, and how | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why India and world are counting snow leopards, and how | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Mehr Gill |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Updated: October 26, 2019 4:18:49 pm

Explained: Why India and world are counting snow leopards, and how

India, like some other snow leopard ranges across the world, lacks a population estimate for the snow leopard, making it difficult for conservation efforts to be effective.

In India, snow leopards mainly inhabit the higher Himalayan and trans-Himalayan landscape at an altitude between 3,000-5,400 metres. (Representational Image)

On International Leopard Day on Wednesday, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar launched a national-level protocol called the Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) to estimate the population of snow leopards in the Indian ranges.