The video of the panel that included this presentation is available for download in the "Files" section below, or can be streamed, with captions and a transcript at [Cornell's Video on Demand][1] site. The Cornell Wildlife Health Center is leading an interdisciplinary project in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains to empower local communities to achieve a productive and harmonious future in landscapes shared with wildlife. The Pamir Mountains support a fragile ecosystem of limited resources shared by unique wildlife and a distinctive livestock herding culture. Wild goat and sheep species live alongside herds of domestic livestock, which provide food for herding communities and income through market sales in urban centers. The surrounding ecosystem is increasingly at risk from unsustainable numbers of livestock. Greater numbers of livestock reduces the food available for each animal, lowering their survival and productivity, with negative impacts on human livelihoods and the local economy. Grazing competition and disease also threaten wild ungulates and thus the endangered snow leopards that rely on them to survive. Together with partners in Tajikistan, our interdisciplinary team of experts in the fields of conservation, wildlife health, livestock health/husbandry, and economics/business is working with Pamir communities to look for ways that they can maintain or increase their benefit from having smaller but healthier and more productive livestock herds, with a reduced environmental footprint. Our research team conducted health assessments and a value chain analysis to identify areas where veterinary interventions or changes in livestock management and marketing could improve financial security. This was completed through household livelihood questionnaires, livestock animal sampling, laboratory analyses, and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders along the value chain. We will co-develop strategies with communities to improve their livestock productivity and financial security, in ways that conserve the wildlife and natural landscape of the Pamirs. If successful, this system could serve as a conceptual model for conservationists or development agencies to scale and adapt to other systems around the world, helping to improve economies in herding communities while supporting wildlife populations and environmental sustainability. [1]: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/Day+of+Data+2021A+Communicating+Our+Research/1_whllpo68/206634093