• The Khulan (Equus hemionus hemionus) represents the largest population of the Asiatic Wild Ass in the world. 

• Mongolia hosts about 80% of the global population of the Asiatic Wild Ass. 

• The South and Southeast regions of Mongolia's Gobi Desert - where we operate since 2008 - support the largest population of the Khulan in Mongolia. 

• The Khulan plays a very important function in nature as a Gobi engineer species, digging water holes at dry water sources to access water located underneath the Gobi floor. These precious water holes benefit other Gobi species: wild and domestic. 

• Every year, Khulans migrate over 70,000 square kilometers, making them the land animals with the greatest migration distance on the planet! 

• Protecting the Khulan - which is a migratory species with one of the greatest migration distances on the planet - it also helps protect a large range of lands and therefore a large amount of other Gobi species. 

• Khulans' movements, which follow a nomadic pattern, contribute to maintain plant diversity and could help pastures to regenerate through undigested plants' seeds found in their dungs. 

• Khulans also help other species access vegetation by removing with their hooves dry and senescent vegetation. 

• The species also helps maintain food webs' balance. 

• and more ... 

The Khulan represents a good indicator of the health of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert rangelands.

The Khulan is a symbol of adaptation, resilience and regeneration. 

It also represents a local symbol of the cultural and biodiversity heritage of Mongolia.

The Khulan Conservation Fund aims to:

• Enhance protection of the Khulan population in Mongolia (which represents the largest population of the Asiatic Wild Ass in the world),

• Support local community conservation projects and initiatives partnering with us, 

• Raise international awareness about protection of the Khulan and the Gobi Desert rangelands, 

• Reinforce cooperation and joint conservation initiatives towards protection of this species and its habitat. 

Increased donations and investments through the Khulan Conservation Fund will help perpetuate our own conservation activities, our joint-conservation activities, as well as community-conservation activities and initiatives in Mongolia, therefore significantly improving protection of the Khulan, its habitat and other Gobi key species, and supporting local communities that depend on healthy lands and natural resources. 

• In-situ research and conservation activities to support protection of the Khulan population in the South and Southeast Gobi. 

• Empowerment of local communities towards wildlife protection and sustainable management of natural resources to protect the Gobi Desert ecosystem, habitat of the Khulan and local communities. 

• Support locally led community conservation initiatives selected by our organization. 

• Enhance and support collaborations for conservation by: bringing together conservation entities to join their efforts to protect the Khulan and its habitat, involving corporates in Khulan conservation and protection of the unique Gobi Desert ecosystem. 

• Operational support: 

1. creation of a branch of our organization in Mongolia
2. staff salaries (which will allow us to hire local staff which our priority for 2025-2028),
3. administrative support,
4. technical equipment, ...