Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Donate here! Listen here. Now on Spotify! In episode 57 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with experts from all over the world focusing on the conservation of the elusive snow leopard of the Asia High Mountains and how this species - and the communities around this species - are adapting to climate change.  Guests from Nepal, India, China, Russia, Sweden, and the US share stories on studying this amazing cat and talk about some of the innovative adaptation strategies that are being put in place thanks to funding from a USAID project that is being implemented by World Wildlife Fund. Two additional themes emerge in this episode, the influence of Peter Matthiessen’s epic masterpiece, The Snow Leopard, and stories from these experts about their own magical encounters with the snow leopard in the wild.  Peter Matthiessen never did see a snow leopard, but several of these experts did. Hear their amazing stories in detail. This podcast was sponsored by World Wildlife Fund and USAID as part of the Asia’s High Mountains project. Brochure: Conservation and Adaptation in Asia’s High Mountain Landscapes and Communities Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Guests in this episode: Ryan Bartlett – Lead: Climate Risk Management, WWF US (Starts 2:52) Juan Li, Post Doc, Panthera/University of California, Berkeley | UCB, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - China/Science/snow leopard (starts 23:44) Ghana Shyam Gurung – WWF Nepal/Science/adaptation (Starts 37:33) Oksana Lipka – WWF Russia, Climate Adaptation and Environmental Specialist - Russia/Science/adaptation (Starts 51:31) Charudutt (Charu) Mishra, the Snow Leopard Trust’s Science and Conservation Director- India/Science/adaptation (Starts 59:58) Judy Oglethorpe, Senior Director, Multilateral Program Development at WWFUS - Adaptation/Nepal (Starts 1:20:58) Theo Perlin – Student, Snow Leopard Fundraiser (1:45:15) Matthias Fiechter - Communications Manager, Snow Leopard Trust (1:50:17) Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization!   Facebook and Twitter: @snowleopards @WWFUS ‏ @wwfRU @WWFNepal @WWFINDIA https://www.facebook.com/worldwildlifefund/ https://www.facebook.com/snowleopard.org/ @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! On Twitter: @usaadapts Links in episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/asia-high-mountains?utm_campaign=freshwater&utm_content=CBS&utm_medium=print&utm_source=events https://nature.berkeley.edu/beislab/BeissingerLab/?page_id=355 https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/ryan-bartlett http://www.wwfnepal.org/?224234/WWF-Nepal-and-partner-ministries-signed-a-grant-agreement-for-Sustainable-Land-Management-in-Churia-Region-Project https://www.snowleopard.org/sweet-treats-help-save-cats/ http://www.icimod.org/?q=15429 https://www.snowleopard.org/about/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Leopard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Matthiessen https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Leopard-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143105515 www.thirdpolegeolab.org https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/nepal-honors-a-new-generation-of-conservation-leaders http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_together_possible/making_friends_with_the_enemy/ Facts on Snow Leopard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdJwBhWgZQ Theo Perlin’s Cheese Scone Recipe! America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor