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We are WWF. The World Wide Fund for Nature.
WWF-Mongolia was established in 1992 by the invitation of the Government of Mongolia and later officially registered as branch of WWF International.
Mongolia’s landscapes — from the Altai peaks to the Gobi sands — are a vital pulse for our planet. Our purpose is guided by a shared global mission: to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. In this decisive decade, the opportunity to secure a Nature-Positive future is now.
Our Strategic Plan (FY26–30) is the bridge between local action and the WWF International Roadmap 2030. It is our blueprint for transforming global biodiversity commitments into tangible recovery across Mongolia’s steppes, forests, mountains, and wetlands. We are embracing integrated landscape approaches and nature-based solutions that restore ecosystems, strengthen connectivity, and support resilient communities for future generations.
In the northern water towers of ASER and AHEC, we are protecting the forests and headwaters that sustain millions of people and countless species. In the south, we are renewing our commitment to the Gobi’s Great Six — a strengthened programmatic focus dedicated to safeguarding iconic wildlife and securing the world’s last great migratory corridors.
Conservation is ultimately about people. We stand alongside 36,000 herders — the true stewards of these ecosystems — to build resilient, nature-based livelihoods and economies. To support this vision, we are pursuing ambitious and sustainable growth, ensuring every partnership becomes an investment in our water, wildlife, and way of life. By aligning Mongolia’s conservation leadership with the WWF Global Roadmap, we can help lead the global movement to restore and heal the natural world.
Together, let us write the next chapter of conservation — for Mongolia, and for the planet.
Thank you.
WWF-Mongolia, one of the most experienced conservation organizations in Mongolia, focuses its efforts on critical conservation issues in two of the world’s outstanding places for biodiversity conservation, the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion in Western Mongolia and Amur-Heilong Ecoregion Complex in Eastern Mongolia.
Over the past 30 years, the organization has grown substantially both in terms of size and conservation achievements: from a modest two person office into the largest conservation organization staffed with over 30 highly experienced staff members located in head office in Ulaanbaatar and two branch offices; one in the city of Khovd province and a second one in Dadal Soum of Khentii province.
WWF-Mongolia has implemented five consecutive 5-year conservation strategic programmes. Building on the achievements and lessons learned from the previous plan, the sixth 5-year Strategic Plan (FY26–30) has been developed using WWF’s Office Strategic Plan Development guide and tools like Open Standards for Conservation planning and WWF Project and Programme Standards.
Through this plan, WWF-Mongolia aims to deliver its conservation ambitions, directly contributing to the WWF 2030 Roadmap —particularly in promoting thriving biodiversity, supporting locally led conservation, mobilizing finance, reducing emissions, and enhancing resilience to climate change.
WWF-Mongolia’s Conservation Programme for FY26-30 will be comprised of three WWF priority places, namely the Altai-Sayan Montane Forests (ASER) and the Amur-Heilong Ecoregional Complex (AHEC) and the Gobi Desert of Central Asia. ASER (106.5 million hectares) and AHEC Ecoregions (221 million hectares) have been identified by the Global Programme Framework (GPF) as one of the 35 priority places where WWF network will join its forces to ensuring that “biodiversity is protected and well managed in the world’s most outstanding natural places”. 29 percent (31.3 million hectare) of ASER and 8.2 percent (18.1 million hectare) of AHEC ecoregion are located within Mongolia and considered as a headwater area of three of the ten largest river in the world: Amur-Heilong that drain Pacific Ocean and Ob’ and Yenisey that drain to Arctic Ocean.
The Central Asian Gobi Desert, covering 50.6 million hectares, is the oldest desert in the Palearctic. Once a subtropical semidesert, it transformed into the coldest, most continental, and arid desert in the world. Its flora and fauna combine Pliocene relicts with present-day species, resulting in unique but relatively low endemism compared to the neighboring Turanian deserts.
CONSERVATION FOCUS
WWF-Mongolia’s conservation focus for 2030 includes three priority ecosystems and two species groups:
1. Forests – boreal, riparian, climate-vulnerable patch forests
2. Freshwater – rivers, lakes, flyways, salmonids, sturgeon, peatlands
3. Grassland steppe – Mongolian gazelle, Argali, great bustard
4. Wild cats – snow leopard, Eurasian lynx, Pallas’s cat
5. Gobi’s migratory species – “Gobi’s Great Six”: wild camel, Gobi bear, Takhi horse, Khulan, Mongolian saiga, Goitered gazelle