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Rinchen Wangchuk
Researcher at Snow Leopard Conservancy
Publications - 8
Citations - 512
Rinchen Wangchuk is an academic researcher from Snow Leopard Conservancy. The author has contributed to research in topics: Snow leopard & Population. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 8 publications receiving 465 citations.
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Estimating Snow Leopard Population Abundance Using Photography and Capture–Recapture Techniques
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the use of photography in capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques for estimating snow leopard population abundance and density within Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India.
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A Community-Based Approach to Mitigating Livestock Depredation by Snow Leopards
TL;DR: In this article, a community-based conservation initiative is described to address the problem of depredation by the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in Hemis National Park, India.
Linking Snow Leopard Conservation and People-Wildlife Conflict Resolution: Grassroots Measures to Protect the Endangered Snow Leopard from Herder Retribution
TL;DR: The authors explores innovative conservation initiatives in the Himalaya (Ladakh and Tibet) and Mongolia, which also build local capacity, self-reliance, and stewardship for nature using Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action, or APPA, techniques.
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Perceived Conflicts Between Pastoralism and Conservation of the Kiang Equus kiang in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya, India
Yash Veer Bhatnagar,Rinchen Wangchuk,Herbert H. T. Prins,Sipke E. van Wieren,Charudutt Mishra +4 more
TL;DR: Analysis of conflict with Trans-Himalayan pastoral communities in Ladakh suggests that at a localized scale, some herders do face serious forage competition from kiang in key areas such as moist sedge meadows, and thus management strategies also need to be devised at this scale.
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Decline of the Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata in Ladakh, India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of their recent (1999?2003) assessments of the gazelle?s conservation status in Ladakh and report that the present population of the Tibetan gazer is c. 50, restricted to a range of c. 100 km2.