Within less than a year, the My Green Mongolia network has produced and collected numerous media and materials related to environmental education and communication (EEC). Now, some key elements of this treasure trove can be shared with others through brief QR-coded messages. The messages are communicated in handy formats such as postcard-size handouts or stickers that can be disseminated digitally or as printed, partly self-adhesive, materials. But also larger, A4 or poster-size formats can be used.
The four initial MGM key elements are the MGM website, the MGM MediaKit, the Visitor Guide for protected areas and the radio drama series. Additional MGM media and materials such as the animated video clips or the EEC manuals and guidelines can and will follow.
The postcard and sticker sizes have been chosen deliberately because four (4) postcards or ten (10) stickers fit on one (1) A4 sheet of paper. This makes printing more cost-efficient for interested parties who would like to download and reproduce the QR-coded materials:
MGM Website – postcard & sticker
MGM MediaKit – postcard & sticker
Visitor Guide – postcard & sticker
Radio Drama – postcard & sticker
“Together with MET DPAM, the SPACES project has produced an illustrated, downloadable comic on “Guidelines for Visitors of Protected Areas” based on the international ‘Leave No Trace’ principles, and “Protected Areas – Safeguarding Mongolia’s Life Support System” about protected area policies and management.
SPACES also produced flyers on Protected Areas – Safeguarding Mongolia´s Life Support, Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Khan Khentii Strictly protected area, Orkhon Valley PA that can be downloaded here.
WWF Ulaanbaatar office has created a “Spotty Friend” series of three comics. The comics address young people so they better understand human-wildlife relations and protect snow leopards. WWF Khovd has also created short video clips on snow leopard and saiga as endangered animals, human-wildlife conflicts, forestation, and reviving natural springs.
Mongol Content media has been producing the “Nogun” comic series since 2014. This softcover comic has covered 20 environmental issues on Mplus + app and Facebook official page. Mongol content collaborated with UNDP, creating a comic about the Protection of biodiversity of Khuvsgul Aimag.
The People Centered Conservation (PCC) NGO has created a practical handbook on community-based tourism, “Welcome in the big country with a warm heart”, which was developed as a practical guide for local community members in rural Mongolia to assess and develop their capacity in tourism and to establish their activities in line with legal requirements and principles of sustainable tourism for the conservation of nature and the sharing of cultural experiences. PCC also developed guidelines on improving governance of pastoral land, and a comic on responsible governance of natural resources.
MET and UNDP published the “Environmental Public Awareness Handbook” with case studies and lessons learned from Mongolia as a useful for environmental groups and government agencies that wish to undertake environmental public awareness activities and initiate environmental actions. First, it provides a background on the principles of public participation and Environmental Public Awareness (EPA). Then, it outlines how to develop an EPA project, and is showcases experiences from Mongolia.
