{"product_id":"book-launch-the-lost-snow-leopard-explorations-in-collaborative-storytelling","title":"Book Launch | ‘The Lost Snow Leopard’: Explorations in Collaborative Storytelling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWhat can an illustrator, wildlife researcher and molecular biologist turned photographer have in common? A love for ecology and storytelling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for the book launch of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lost Snow Leopard: A Himalayan Adventure \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewritten and created by \u003cstrong\u003eNirupa Rao, Munib Khanyari \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003ePrasenjeet Yadav \u003c\/strong\u003ewhere they will be in conversation with \u003cstrong\u003eRadhika Timbadia\u003c\/strong\u003e reflecting on their collaboration and the need to find new and interesting ways of talking about the ecology and climate. 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Follow along as Burfi journeys through his mountain universe in search of turf to call his own, meeting a host of characters along the way ... Lhamo the Bearded Vulture, Saqina the Stoat, Jogi the Saussurea flower and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the authors: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNirupa Rao \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a botanical artist from Bangalore. She has illustrated multiple books, including \u003cem\u003ePillars of Life—Magnificent Trees of the Western Ghats\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and \u003cem\u003eHidden Kingdom—Fantastical Plants of the Western Ghats \u003c\/em\u003e(2019), and co-directed an animated short film on wild nutmeg swamps with a National Geographic Fellowship. She enjoys translating scientific subjects into an easily comprehensible visual medium for the general public, covering subjects as varied as cellular biology (European Molecular Biology Lab, Germany),  mycelial networks (Fungi Foundation, Chile), and eDNA (Nature Conservancy, USA). She has also illustrated the covers of five Amitav Ghosh novels, and exhibited her work at the National Geographic Museum (Washington DC), Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), and Museum of Art \u0026amp; Photography (Bangalore).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the beautiful mountains of Kashmir started an eternal love affair for the mountains for wildlife researcher \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMunib Khanyari\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. After his schooling in India (Srinagar and Mumbai), Munib had the privilege of doing further studies at McGill University, Canada before doing a PhD at University of Bristol\/University of Oxford focusing on disease transmission between wildlife and livestock across Asia's high mountains and steppes. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary and applied research which leads to context-specific conservation action for high-altitude wildlife, with an emphasis on the interventions being co-designed with local communities. Munib has been working with the Nature Conservation Foundation in various capacities for the past 8 years. Currently, he is a Scientist in the High Altitude Program and also a Postdoctoral Researcher at UAB-ICTA, Barcelona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrasenjeet Yadav\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a molecular biologist turned photographer, writer and National Geographic Explorer from India. 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