We are grateful to translate and publish the Asiatic cheetah infographic poster in 14 languages with the help our international members and friends. The high-quality files are available to download in jpeg format in the following languages:
Persian, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Afrikaans
Please help us sharing the knowledge and raising awareness about the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah.
The International Volunteer Day (IVD) mandated by the United Nations’ General Assembly, was held on 5 December. IVD is acknowledge worldwide as a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts, to share their values, and to promote their work among their communities, NGOs, government authorities and the private sector.
The Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) has been benefited from its volunteers throughout the past 15 years, and ICS volunteers significantly contribute in ICS’s conservation-oriented activities across Iran. In order to celebrate the IVD 2016, given this year’s theme #GlobalApplause (“give volunteers a hand”), ICS publishes the first edition of Guidelines for ICS Volunteers. This handbook intends to form a baseline for mutual interests of ICS and its volunteers, promoting long-lasting collaboration between ICS and its dedicated volunteers.
The Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) has recently published the Persian Leopard Infographic Poster with the support of Alborz Department of Environment. This is the second infographic poster ICS is producing with public awareness purposes, after the widely-distributed Asiatic Cheetah Infographic Poster. In order to increase the local knowledge and tolerance of leopards in Alborz Province, ICS has printed 3,000 leopard posters and distributed them in several villages in Taleghan County, where local communities are living in leopard habitats and there are occasional human-leopard conflicts. The Persian Leopard Infographic Poster is now freely available to download in high resolution.
During August-September 2016, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) surveyed Naybandan Wildlife Refuge in South Khorasan Province. As the most intensive effort ever to monitor the Critically Endangered Asiatic cheetah in Naybandan, 52 camera traps were systematically set up over the reserve to gather information about the presence of cheetah individuals identified in 2012-2013 and 2014-2015 surveys, occurrence of any new cheetahs, and movement behaviour of cheetahs.
Naybandan Wildlife Refuge extends over 15,000 km2 of remote mountainous deserts in south-central Iran, not far from Iranian borders with Afghanistan. The present camera-trapping survey was carried out as part of ICS’s third phase of nation-wide cheetah monitoring program. During this survey, the ICS team surveyed the central and northern parts of Naybandan for the first time. The two-month survey has resulted in more 50,000 photographs of Naybandan wildlife, including the Asiatic cheetah, striped hyena, caracal, wildcat, Blanford’s fox, sand fox, and golden jackal, bezoar goat, wild sheep, and chinkara. The ICS team is now analysing the cheetah photographs to determine if any new cheetah individual has been photo-captured in Naybandan. The present Naybandan survey has been conducted in collaboration with Tabas Office of South Khorasan Department of Environment, CACP, and Part Wildlife Discovery Institute.
The interview featured in “The Other Side” series, about wildlife documentary in Iran. Morteza Eslami, CEO of the Society, discussed ICS’ experience in production of Iranian wildlife documentaries in the country, after the critically acclaimed movie “In search for the Persian leopard” released in 2011.
