BAKU: Another environmental summer camp themed ‘Let’s protect leopards!’ was organized within the framework of the ‘Protection of Caucasus leopards’ program initiated by Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Founder of IDEA Public Association Leyla Aliyeva in Azerbaijan’s Lankaran district, Trend reports.
The camp, co-organized by IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Action) Public Association, Azerbaijan Youth Foundation, the Azerbaijan Representation of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Children-Youth Development Center of the Ministry of Education and Science as part of the ” Green World Solidarity Year”, brought together a total of 30 schoolchildren from Lankaran, Masalli and Astara districts.
The main goal of the summer camp is to educate the younger generation about the environment, to nurture a love for nature, inform schoolchildren living near the habitat of the Caucasian leopard with this rare species and promote its conservation.
The children also took part in vario
us small environmental studies, excursions and competitions.
There are currently about 15 Caucasian leopards inhabiting the area of the Hirkan National Park in Azerbaijan.
Source: Trend News Agency