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Wildlife Conservation Society: Bronx, NY, US

2015-10-01 to present | Conservation Director (Mongolia Country Program)
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Kirk Olson

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA, US

2003-09-01 to 2008-05-15 | PhD/Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology (Environmental Conservation)
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Professional activities (6)

IUCN: Gland, CH

2016-08-01 to present | Chair, Grasslands Specialist Group
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Society for Conservation Biology: Ulaanbaatar, MN

2016 to present | Asia Chapter Scientific Committee Member (Asia)
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IUCN: Gland, CH

2016 to present | Member (Connectivity Conservation Specialists Group)
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Convention on Migratory Species : Bonn, DE

2016 to present | Species Focal Point: Mongolian gazelles (Central Asian Mammals Initiative )
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IUCN: Gland, Vaud, CH

2008-01-01 to present | Member (Antelope Specialist Group)
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Government of Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, MN

2019-08-25 | Order of the Polar Star (Office of the President)
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Funding (3)

Phase II Biodiversity monitoring in the South Gobi

2020 to 2024 | Contract
Oyu Tolgoi (Ulaanbaatar, MN)
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Developing Condition metrics for South Gobi Biomes

2017 to 2018 | Contract
Oyu Tolgoi (Ulaanbaatar, MN)
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Biodiversity Monitoring in the South Gobi, Mongolia

2015 to 2019 | Contract
Oyu Tolgoi (Ulaanbaatar, MN)
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Works (3)

Rangeland condition assessment in the Gobi Desert: A quantitative approach that places stakeholder evaluations front and Centre

Ecological Economics
2021-03 | Journal article
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Hidden treasure of the Gobi: understanding how water limits rangeHidden treasure of the Gobi: understanding how water limits range use of khulan in the Mongolian Gobiuse of khulan in the Mongolian Gobi

Scientific Reports
2020-02-19 | Journal article
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Challenges in the conservation of wide‐ranging nomadic species

journal of applied ecology
2019-03-08 | Journal article
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