A ‘climate-ready’ corridor created for Kyrgyzstan’s snow leopards

Mongabay
Jun 11, 2026, 12:18 am188 ptsTrendingTop
Kyrgyzstan has officially designated a massive stretch of its high-altitude landscape as a protected corridor for snow leopards and other mountain wildlife. The Ak Ilbirs ecological corridor, formalized in 2025, spans nearly 800,000 hectares (2 million acres) and was designed with the future climate in mind,…

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