Altai Mountains
Kharkhiraa Conservation Center · Hovd & Uvs provinces
The landscape
Glaciated peaks, alpine meadows and rocky ridgelines — prime habitat for snow leopard, ibex and argali, with camera-trap surveys confirming resident cats across the massif.
The community
Local herder families host research teams, maintain camera-trap lines through winter, and receive direct income from every Soaring expedition that stays in their valleys — turning the snow leopard from a livestock threat into a livelihood.
Conservation delivered with the MUR Initiative — nature.mn
