2024-07-27 15:44:25
The next summer ecological camp entitled “Let’s Protect Leopards!” within the framework of the “Let’s Protect Caucasian Leopards!” project, launched on the initiative of the Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder and head of the IDEA Public Association Leyla Aliyeva, was held in Lankaran district.
As reported by Day.Az, 30 schoolchildren from Lankaran, Masalli and Astara districts took part in the camp, which was held by the IDEA Public Association, the Youth Foundation, the Azerbaijani office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Republican Center for Child and Youth Development of the Ministry of Education within the framework of the Year of Solidarity for a Green World.
The goal of the summer camp “Let’s Protect Leopards!” is to educate young people from school age about the environment, to develop a sense of love for nature, to inform schoolchildren living near the habitat of the Caucasian leopard about this rare species and to promote its protection.
At the camp, schoolchildren participated in seminars on topics such as the protection of the Caucasian leopard, humans and the environment, excursions to the leopards’ natural habitat, various environmental studies and competitions.
It should be noted that there are currently 15 Caucasian leopards living in the territory of Hyrcanus in Azerbaijan.