WWF-Mongolia aims to enhance environmental education for children and youth. As part of this mission, the organization holds various events, including field studies and awareness-raising activities. One such event is the summer boot camp. As part of these, WWF-Mongolia organized a joint gathering of eco-club students from the Altai-Sayan region. More than 70 students from four provinces participated in the summer camp event. One of the highlights was the use of IDEATHON and HACKATHON formats to encourage participants to develop innovative solutions for nature conservation. This interactive approach generated strong interest among the students.

According to the organizers, the ideas developed by the students were reviewed, tested, and refined through expert feedback, providing a foundation for planning eco-club activities for 2026–2027. Another distinctive feature of the gathering was that students compiled and analyzed data on the environmental conditions and climate change impacts in western Mongolia. Working in teams, they developed and presented project ideas outlining practical conservation initiatives they plan to implement in the future.  

J. Amirlan, a member of an eco-club from Khovd province, shared his experience: “I am very happy that this gathering gave me the opportunity to make many new friends who genuinely care about protecting nature. It was also meaningful to discuss the habitat of the snow leopard and explore practical ways we, as young people, can contribute to conserving this rare and endangered species.”

At the conclusion of the event, the students pledged to share the knowledge and experiences they had gained with their peers, as well as with their parents and families who live in the mountainous regions inhabited by snow leopards.