Description of the Study Areas

Abstract

Here we describe the five areas used for monitoring snow leopards and their prey, and the snow leopard-human conflict study. They are: Lower Mustang, Upper Mustang, Upper Manang, Tsum Valley (Chhekampar VDC) and Sagarmatha National Park.

The first three are parts of the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), and Tsum Valley is a part of the Manaslu Conservation Area. Below we give a description of each of these areas and define the core areas for snow leopard within them.

Keywords

• monitoring area
• snow leopards
• Nepal