The Mongolian Wild Ass conservation

.. June 2008

I am leaving for Mongolia for my holiday, from the 21st of June to the 9th of September, to start research on the Mongolian Wild Ass behavioural ecology in the south Gobi and permit the implementation of the "Mongolian Wild Ass conservation" project since the autumn 2008. A student from the National University of Mongolia and the driver of the jeep provided by the Mongolian Ornithological Society will join me in the field.  

 My aims  are to:

     .study and create new local partnerships for the association with: research institutions, local NGOs, governmentale institutions, the staffs of the Strictly Protected Area of the South Gobi, communities projects, etc. ;

      .consolidate partnerships already existing and proposed, and to define with them new strategies of actions and functionning since october 2008 ; 

       .start research on the behavioural ecology of the Mongolian Wild Ass and collect information about threats affecting its survival (in the south Gobi and on markets), and on nature of relationships between this sub-species, livestock, other wildlife and humans;

       .interview the local population, start to involve some families and persons to our project and study its faisability and adaptations to consider for the next missions, and to look for persons and families interested in working with us in the future ; 

      .set up contacts for the creation and implementation of activities and tools for the information and education of the local population living in the south Gobi ; 

      .as well as to establish contacts and collect information needed for the implementation of support to local activities in this area of Mongolia.   

These results will be online here in October.

Anne-Camille, president of the association Goviin Khulan

.. The partners

.Researchers from the National University of Mongolia and the Mongolian Ornithological Society that will provided us the jeep for this mission;

.and the manager of the Strictly Protected Area of the south Gobi. 

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The french association : Société des Amis du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris donated me in 2004,  1 600 Euros to conduct research on the Mongolian Wild Ass. I will use it this summer to start research on the behavioural ecology of the Mongolian Wild Ass in the south Gobi.

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