WWF-Mongolia celebrated the 14th “Earth Hour” annual event with a focus on improved understanding and participation of individuals in combating climate change. This year’s event was organized under the initiative “Great Gobi-6” to protect six endangered wildlife species in the Gobi Region. The event was dedicated to increase public awareness on the six endangered species and their conservation and importance of protection of the natural springs, a main water access points for the species.

WWF-Mongolia celebrated the 14th “Earth Hour” annual event with a focus on improved understanding and participation of individuals in combating climate change. This year’s event was organized under the initiative “Great Gobi-6” to protect six endangered wildlife species in the Gobi Region. The event was dedicated to increase public awareness on the six endangered species and their conservation and importance of protection of the natural springs, a main water access points for the species. The event was held at Shangri-La center as they have generously agreed to host the event free of charge as part of their corporate social responsibility. The event was led by a prominent anchor and public influencer, who conducted a live interview with the Mr. D. Batbold, the Director of WWF-Mongolia, was interviewed about the climate change adaptation and resilience and importance of protection of headwaters of natural springs and streams. The interview was much informative for the event participants, the youth, and children.
The highlight of the day-event was a fundraising for protection of headwaters of two natural springs in a territory of ASER. These natural springs are important for wild species such as Mongolian saiga and goitered gazelle. Public were active in donation and a total of MNT 1,200,000 (590USD) was raised during the event. Although this may seem like a small amount, it is a start of initiative of public donating to the environmental conservation.
In 2016, WWF -Mongolia initiated a campaign “Great Gobi-6” to build a partnership platform and empower collaborative efforts of governmental and non-governmental organizations and the public (local communities) into conservation of the Great Gobi six species (GG-6) of the Mongolian Gobi ecosystem: globally endangered wild Bactrian camel, Gobi bear, Takhi horse, wild ass, Mongolian saiga, and Goitered gazelle. Since then, the campaign has been organized annually in different provinces as one of the major public events in the country.

14th “Earth Hour” annual event

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Eco-club students have increased their awareness on values of protected areas

Active participation of children in a campaign “Chicks of My Town”

The third year of programme for junior rangers

“Earth Hour” and “GG-6”

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