River Wolf Recognized: Scientists Declare Mongolian Taimen a Vulnerable Species
Balbar and his colleagues at World Wildlife Fund inspired people all over Mongolia, Asia and the world to fight for the taimen. Continue reading
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Photo of the Day: Billboards inspire behavior change
“Brothers, if you catch taimen, let us release it!” Conservation can’t happen on the ground level without getting local stakeholders involved. Rare Pride campaign manager Gankhuyag “Gaana” Balbar solicited the help of a local fishing club to help him create … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Giant taimen inspires giant conservation
What could be better than being visited at school by a giant taimen? WWF Mongolia’s Rare Pride campaign protected the taimen fish in the Onon River by working with local fishing people to adopt catch-and-release fishing practices in order to … Continue reading
What does it take to change the way people relate to nature? (video)
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Fishermen are changing in the Onon River, Mongolia
Note: This post originated on our community inspiring conservation, RarePlanet. It was written by Gaana Balbar. My campaign will protect the taimen fish in the Onon River by working with local fishermen to adopt catch-and-release fishing practices in order to … Continue reading
Using SMS in Mongolia to spread conservation messages to hunters (what worked and what didn’t)
Our campaign managers in the field have been experimenting with using SMS to reach target audiences to spread news and information, campaign messages, and news about campaign activities. SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people … Continue reading
Partnering with local fishermen to inspire sustainable fishing (photos)
This post originated on our community inspiring conservation, RarePlanet. Conservation can’t happen on the ground level without getting local stakeholders involved. Rare Pride campaign manager Gankhuyag “Gaana” Balbar solicited the help of a local fishing club to help him create billboards to … Continue reading
The first Rare Pride China Leadership Program successfully completed!
On August 2nd, seven Pride Campaign Managers successfully graduated from Rare’s first Pride cohort in China at Southwest Forestry University in Kunming. Over the past two years, all of the seven Pride campaign managers have been inspiring innovations in hundreds … Continue reading
Notes from a rare planet: A Mongolian fishing club saves a lost boy in the wilderness
Uranbayar was rescued by a Mongolian fishing club. A Mongolian fishing club saves a lost boy in the wilderness Great story and photos inside about how a Mongolian fishing club saved a boy who was lost in the wilderness for … Continue reading
Notes from a rare planet: Less than 1% of oil-soaked birds survive
This photo of an oil covered bird comes courtesy of Flickr user marinephotobank. Less than one percent of oil-soaked birds surivive “According to a British Study cited in the report, the average bird released after cleaning in other spills only survived … Continue reading