Association GOVIIN KHULAN
- Khulan Conservation organization -
The Association GOVIIN KHULAN* is a French non-profit organization co-founded in November 2007 by Anne-Camille Souris (wildlife biologist who studies Mongolian wild Equids behavioral ecology since 2003 / Member of the SSC/IUCN Equid Specialist Group since 2007 / National Geographic explorer).
In 2013, she received an award delivered by the Mongolian Foundation for Protection of Animal rights for her work on Khulan conservation in Mongolia.
In 2019, she received the 'Best worker of the year/тэргүүний ажилтан' distinction delivered by the Ministry of Environment of Mongolia for her work on Khulan conservation in Mongolia since 2008.
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Association GOVIIN KHULAN is the first and only conservation organization sorely dedicated to the conservation of the threatened Mongolian Wild Ass / Mongolian Khulan (Equus hemionus hemionus).
We work together with local communities, protected areas and other stakeholders to protect the Khulan, Gobi key species and the Gobi Desert ecosystem, for people and wildlife.
* "Goviin khulan" means in Mongolian: The Khulan of the Gobi.
Current status of the Khulan
- The Khulan is listed in the IUCN Red List as 'Threatened'. This is one of the sub-species of the Asiatic Wild Ass and represents about 80% of the population of this species in the world.
- The main threats affecting the Gobi Desert ecosystem and its wildlife are: climate change, illegal activities, and habitat fragmentation, loss and degradation from human development.
Our study areas
Our project areas are since 2008 in the the south and southeast regions of Mongolia's Gobi Desert (Umnugobi and Dornogobi provinces).
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