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The first part focused on 'climate-smart' landscape management planning using the 'Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation' framework, integrating climate scenarios to identify threats and prioritize strategies. The second part focused on coordinating geospatial mapping across the snow leopard range, establishing standardized definitions for habitat and climate refugia, and developing data-sharing protocols. 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