Iranian Cheetah Society
Status: NGO
Abbreviation: ICS
Phone (+98) 21 44652551
Email info@wildlife.ir
Website http://www.wildlife.ir/en/
Address 3rd West Suit, # 2, Nowruzi Alley, Falsafi Street (4th Bimeh), Karaj Special Road, 1393744316, Tehran, Iran,
Contact Person Safura Zavaran Hosseini (Chair of the Board), Solmaz Parvin (Solmaz Parvin)
Department
People
Mohammad Farhadinia Sima Babrgir Ehsan Moqanaki
About Organization
Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) is a non-governmental, non-profitable organization in order to save the biodiversity with the Asiatic cheetah as flagship species which is left only in Iran. The ICS is a sophisticated NGO devoted to save the Iranian “Big Five” Carnivores which are normally in conflict with local communities. It has been established in 2001 (registeration number 13640) and just celebrated its “first decade of biodiversity conservation”. Missions Investigation to find more on the ecology and status of large carnivores through an ecosystem-based approach; Public awareness about the Iranian large carnivores and their associated biota through education mainly at the local communities; Reducing human-large carnivores conflicts via implementing socio-economic plans; Conserving the large carnivores in their natural habitats, particularly through public participation. Due to lack of wildlife science on the Iranian species, particularly the Five Big, the ICS has focused a remarkable part of its activities on field investigations in order to apply its results to public awareness campaign among local communities. Accordingly, local applicable solutions are developed to reduce human-carnivore conflicts. Meanwhile, juveniles and youths are the main educational targets, particularly at local communities and should be satisfied to co-exist with them.
Bibliography
Leveraging trans-boundary conservation partnerships: Persistence of Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in the Iranian Caucasus
Mapping the Distribution and Habitat of Persian Leopard Across Its Historical Range
Socio-economic consequences of cattle predation by the Endangered Persian leopard Panthera pardus saxicolor in a Caucasian conflict hotspot, northern Iran
Socio-economic consequences of cattle predation by the Endangered Persian leopard Panthera pardus saxicolor in a Caucasian conflict hotspot, northern Iran
Persian leopards in the Iranian Caucasus: a sinking ‘source’ population?
Preliminary estimate of the brown bear population size and genetic status in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve, NW Iran
Conservation monitoring of carnivores in the Iranian Caucasus using non-invasive genetic sampling
Counting Bears in the Iranian Caucasus: Remarkable Mismatch Between Scientifically-sound Population Estimates and Perceptions
Non-invasive genetic monitoring of large carnivores in the Iranian Caucasus: a pilot study