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Podcast: New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast
Episode: Conserving Nature and Humanity—For the Good of Both
Description: Dr. Charu Mishra on how saving the snow leopard builds peace across borders and communities in the High Himalayas.
One of the most amazing animals on the planet is the snow leopard. The smallest of the big cats is indigenous to the twelve countries sharing the High Himalayas including China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal. Those countries disagree on most things: borders, values, economics, religion---but amazingly agree that the survival of the snow leopard is in their national and collective interests.
The High Himalayas are a microcosm of the problems confronting the planet. Because it is...