During the community conservationists’ visits at the local schools, a documentary “Mongolian Saiga” produced by WWF-Mongolia was shown to the participants. The documentary on the Mongolian saiga’s biological and behavioural characteristics have been seen by 842 YouTube users. The eco-club members also shared the documentary with friends, and neighbours living in remote areas, where internet access is limited or unavailable, having downloaded the documentary on their phones.

WWF-Mongolia closely collaborates with local school children-eco club members and promotes public awareness on wildlife conservation through eco-club members’ inputs within its programme areas. One of the efforts recently made was visits of Community conservationists for Saiga in Khukhmorit and Bayan-Uul soums (sub-provinces) of Gobi-Altai province to local schools to present and share their daily conservation tasks. Eco-club members were presented with the daily tasks of Community conservationist for Saiga included conservation and monitoring tasks for improved saiga habitats and inventories and studies within the species ranges. The meetings were attended by 52 eco-club members in the schools.
In addition, the eco-club members shared the information on daily tasks of the community conservationists on the soums’ and schools’ bulletin boards and Facebook pages for dissemination among their local communities. During the community conservationists’ visits at the local schools, a documentary “Mongolian Saiga” produced by WWF-Mongolia was shown to the participants. The documentary on the Mongolian saiga’s biological and behavioural characteristics have been seen by 842 YouTube users. The eco-club members also shared the documentary with friends, and neighbours living in remote areas, where internet access is limited or unavailable, having downloaded the documentary on their phones. Their initiative is helpful in increased public awareness on very rare (endangered) Mongolian saiga and its conservation.
The saiga population counting methods presented by the community conservationists was interesting for the eco-club members. The member-children along with the community conservationists visited the areas, where automatic cameras are placed nearby the natural springs accessible by the saigas to see the camera traps. They travelled for over 100 km distance during the field visit. Moreover, children, in collaboration with the community conservationists, planted seedlings of tree species, endemic and survival to the ecosystem, near a conserved/fenced natural spring. A community conservationist, O. Baldan, of Khukhmorit sub-province donated 20 elm seedlings from his plot. This contribution motivated the children a lot. Based on this example, children also planted 200 aspen seedlings and 50 elm seedlings in a fence plot of the school building. In support children’s activity, the school administration appointed workers to assist in caring and watering of the planted seedlings during the summer vacation time to ensure normal growths of the planted seedlings in the summer.
The eco-club members-school children also learn about insights on natural resources within their residential area and efficient use and restoration needs of the natural resources while the nature and environment share its numerous services “free of charge” with us, the human.

Their initiative is helpful in increased public awareness on very rare (endangered) Mongolian saiga and its conservation.

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One day in the life of a community conservationist for Saiga