The Wild Camel Protection Foundation, as part of it work to save the wild Bactrian camel, and its unique habitat has started with the full support and co‐operation of the Chinese and Mongolian governments, a multi language environmental education and public awareness programme in north west China and Mongolia. The plan is to produce a series of booklets which can be used in the local, national and regional environmental programmes in these two countries. Where possible these materials will be used in schools and for teaching teachers. To date two booklets have been produced one on the wild Bactrian camel, “The King of the Gobi” and the second on “Desertification”. We are currently preparing the 2nd and 3rd booklets.

While main aim of the programme is to disseminate environmental information, some of the other aims are to raise awareness in the local population of important environmental issues relating to water and desertification; involve the local population in, and, obtain their support for, the protection of the biodiversity of the nature reserves and protected areas and develop mechanisms for exchanging environmental information.