Batbold Dorjgurkhem has been a Country Representative of WWF Mongolia since September 2015 and directs many projects, including those that involve sustainable development aspects, biodiversity conservation, forest resources, and freshwater protection. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Meteorology from the Institute of Hydro-Meteorology of Odessa, USSR, in 1985, and a Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology and Applied Sciences from the University of Adelaide, Australia, in 1999.
In 1985, he joined the Hydro-Meteorological Agency, Mongolia, as an Agricultural Officer, and then the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Mongolia as an EIA expert. Since 1992, he has been the director of the Department of International Cooperation, MoE.
Mr. Batbold has joined UNDP Mongolia to become a leader for its GEF Project on Biodiversity Conservation. Later, he joined WWF Mongolia as a Conservation Director in 2001 and again in 2006 with an interval of 2.5 years in between for a postgraduate study in Japan on Pastoral Grassland Management.
Mr. Batbold Dorjgurkhem once again joined the Ministry of Environment of Mongolia in 2009 as the Director for the International Cooperation Department, where he was in charge of multi-functional policy tasks such as bi- and multi-lateral policy, MEAs - particularly engaging with biodiversity-related conventions.