Lack of adequate conservation training and robust monitoring are important challenges for the conservation of the endangered snow leopard across its range in Central Asia.

Local communities have lived and traditionally used resources in many wild landscapes. Conservation efforts that exclude and marginalize people are morally unacceptable and practically unsuccessful. Conservation must involve and benefit local communites for it to succeed. We have worked with two village councils in Trans-Himalayan Spiti Valley to establish informal, community managed wildlife reserves.

Arunachal Pradesh is arguably the richest biodiversity region of India. After discovering a unique diversity of wildlife in western Arunachal's high altitudes, we have worked with the local government to establish the first high altitude wildlife reserve of the state.