Snow leopard protection bears fruit in world's highest nature reserve
STORY: Snow leopard protection bears fruit in world's highest nature reserve
DATELINE: May 21, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:18
LOCATION: LHASA, China
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT
SHOTLIST:
1 various of the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve
2 various of the snow leopards
STORYLINE:
The number of snow leopards in a nature reserve in China's Tibet has been on the rise thanks to strengthened protection over the past years.
Located on the China-Nepal border, the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve is the world's highest nature reserve.
In 2013, the Vanke Foundation and forestry departments in China's Tibet established a strategic cooperation partnership and co-initiated a plan for snow leopard protection in the Mt. Qomolangma area.
By 2021, the foundation had donated 11 million yuan (about 1.6 million U.S. dollars) and a snow leopard protection network has been basically set up in the Mt. Qomolangma area.
To date, the monitored area for snow leopard protection has reached 3,000 square km, accounting for 8.9 percent of the na
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