{"product_id":"2940170235681","title":"The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable story of the heroic effort to save and preserve Afghanistan's wildlife amp;mdash; and a culture that derives immense pride and a sense of national identity from its natural landscape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostwar Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary biologist Alex Dehgan arrived in the country in 2006 to build the Wildlife Conservation Society's Afghanistan Program and preserve and protect Afghanistan's unique and extraordinary environment, which had been decimated after decades of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cpconservation it turned out provided a common bond between alex team and the people of afghanistan. his international worked unarmed in some most dangerous places country amp so remote that winding roads would abruptly disappear travel was on foot yak or mule.\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Leopard Project\u003c\/i\u003e, Dehgan takes listeners along with him on his adventure as his team helps create the country's first national park, completes some of the first extensive wildlife surveys in 30 years, and works to stop the poaching of the country's iconic endangered animals, including the elusive snow leopard. In doing so, they help restore a part of Afghan identity that is ineffably tied to the land itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/pconservation\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115114545392,"sku":"2940170235681","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170235681_p0.jpg?v=1763705957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170235681","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}