Panthera

Through Panthera’s Jaguar Program in Belize, we partner with the Darwin Initiative (DI), a program of the British government that assists in biodiversity conservation around the world. A DI grant for mammal use of corridors was recently awarded to Panthera’s Research Fellow, Bart Harmsen, and brings together the Panthera team of Bart Harmsen and Rebecca Foster, with Patrick Doncaster of University of Southampton, along with the University of Belize’s Environmental Research Institute and the Forest Department of the government of Belize. This work is setting a paradigm for cooperation and for conservation science in the Central Belize Corridor.

The chairs of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Cat Specialist Group, Urs and Christine Breitenmoser, sit on Panthera’s Advisory Council and cooperate on the Small Cat Action Fund and the uniquely valuable Digital Cat Library.

Our mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

http://www.iucn.org

In January 2012, Panthera and the National Geographic Society's Big Cats Initiative (BCI) formed an important collaboration to further the global fight to save big cats in the wild. Officials from Panthera and the National Geographic Society signed a Memorandum of Understanding designating Panthera as a scientific and strategic collaborator on the BCI. The collaboration will facilitate the development and implementation of global conservation strategies for the most imperiled cats around the world, including tigers, lions, leopards and cheetahs. To help guide strategy, an advisory group composed of representatives from each organization has been established.

Panthera’s partnership with the Robertson Foundation has armed us with the resources to significantly expand our internationally-recognized Tigers Forever program, enabling us to protect tigers in key areas throughout their range.

The Robertson Foundation believes that we have an obligation to be responsible stewards of the earth for future generations, and supports activities that promote a habitable, sustainable environment.

http://www.robertsonfoundation.org/

Panthera and the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) are partners in conserving snow leopards across their range. Dr. Tom McCarthy, SLT's Science and Conservation Director since 2000, and one of the world's foremost experts on snow leopards, joined Panthera in July 2008, in a shared Panthera/SLT position, as Panthera’s Director of Snow Leopard Programs.

Founded in 1981, the Snow Leopard Trust is the largest and oldest organization working solely to protect the endangered snow leopard and its Central Asian habitat.

http://www.snowleopard.org

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Rhino Tiger Conservation Fund (USFWS-RTCF) is supporting Panthera’s tiger conservation work in India.

USFWS-RTCF has been working to restore rhino and tiger populations to healthy numbers in the wild since 1994.

http://www.fws.gov/international/wildlife-without-borders/rhino-and-tige...

Panthera and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have been partners since Panthera’s inception in 2006. Panthera currently works with WCS on Tigers Forever, the Jaguar Corridor Initiative and the Iranian Cheetah Project.

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) saves wildlife and wild lands. We do so through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

http://www.wcs.org