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Collectively, ALTA members have developed a comprehensive conservation programme for the Amur leopard’s range in Russia and NE China that includes:

  1. Anti-poaching (gallery)
  2. Fire-fighting (gallery)
  3. Compensation for livestock killed by tigers and leopards (gallery)
  4. A comprehensive education and public awareness programme (gallery)
  5. Population monitoring, (Snow-track counts and camera trapping) (gallery)
  6. Ecological and biomedical research (gallery)
  7. Support for protected areas and hunting leases (gallery)
  8. Lobbying for improved conservation policies and regulations (gallery)
  9. Amur leopard conservation in China (gallery)

ALTA members are not alone in their work for Amur leopard conservation –  the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) is also a major contributor. Read more

We ask your support for the following projects:

1. Anti-poaching & compensation of livestock kills

Our main anti-poaching team has been operating in the Amur leopard's range since 1998 and was the first conservation project for Amur leopards financed by NGOs. The team has been very successful and poaching has been much reduced, but we have to remain vigilant and continue our efforts.

2. Fire-control at the nature reserve Kedrovaya Pad

Fires reduce forest habitat, replacing it with grasslands that Amur leopards avoid. ALTA will repair the firebreak system around the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve "Kedrovaya Pad", and we will provide equipment that will increase the reserve's capacity to fight fires.  

3. Education and media projects

ALTA implements a large number of educational projects and has been very successful in increasing conservation awareness among local villagers.  

4. Population monitoring (including snow-track counts and camera trapping)

Annual monitoring of the Amur leopard population provides us with critical information on population size, density and trends over time, distribution and movement of individual leopards, and rates of population turnover. Monitoring results indicate that a small but stable population of around 30 individuals remains in Russia.

5. Ecological and biomedical research

In order to realize plans to conserve and recover leopards in Russia and China, and to successfully establish a second wild leopard population, we need to learn much more about how leopards live in the wild, including how to increase their survival rates, whether inbreeding is a health risk, and how leopards interact with tigers.

6. Amur leopard conservation in China

There is great potential to increase the leopard population across the border in Northeast China, where efforts are underway to support the Hunchun Tiger Leopard Reserve, improve anti-poaching, increase local capacity to monitor leopards, and implement education programs.