Iran is the last habitat of the Asiatic Cheetah. It is estimated that approximately 50 Asiatic Cheetahs live in the wild[/caption]The Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) is a long standing initiative between Iran�s Department of Environment, UNDP and a number of committed national and international partners
�It is not too late to save the Asiatic Cheetah, whose only remaining natural habitat is here in Iran,� said the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in the Islamic Republic of Iran back in August during a ceremony held to commemorate Iranian Game Guards.
Because today, 3 March marks World Wildlife Day, we are re-running a number of stories which we ran in the past couple of months. �These stories reflect on the work that UNDP���together with a number of committed partners���have done during the past year. �We hope you enjoy them.
Much of what the UN does to support this emblematic species has been done on a daily basis for the past 10 years. So, while it is true that the pressures of modernization, the encroachment of humans, roads and settlements, plus the lethal shooting � by poachers � of both the Asiatic Cheetah and their prey, have all caused the number of these emblematic creatures to dwindle to fewer than 100, it is � really never too late.
And we�can�save our Asiatic Cheetah.
The Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project�(CACP) is a long standing initiative between Iran�s Department of Environment, UNDP and a number of committed national and international partners.
By UN.org
