In the Mongolian Altai Range, this project has funded climate adaptation work that focuses on improving resilience of grassland ecosystems in snow leopard habitat to climate change impacts. This work has included helping herders improve pasture management, particularly by increasing rates of pasture rotation.

One notable success in the Altai Region of western Mongolia has been the creation of local protected areas, such as the Sair Mountain Local Protected Area (LPA) in Bayan Olgii Aimag's Tolboo Soum. At Sair Mountain, local residents have voluntarily agreed to close important ibex habitat to grazing and have had their mountain declared an officially recognized LPA by the Bayan Olgii provincial government. In addition, residents of the Sair Mountain LPA have launched a successful ecotourism program that is diversifying their income as one adaptation strategy to reduce the dependence on local grazing lands.

A regional climate vulnerability assessment was prepared for snow leopard range areas of western Mongolia's Altai Region. This vulnerability assessment included an extensive social survey on climate change and its impacts on this region, and the assessment is now guiding development of climate adaptation strategies for western Mongolia.

Pasture databases have been compiled for five soums in snow leopard range areas of Khovd province to guide rotational pasture management planning in these administrative units.

Completion of the Khuisiin Gov-Tsetseg Laka Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan 2017-2030. This plan will support climate adaptation planning with respect to water security in the basin, and plan recommendations on repair of broken wells as one way to increase pasture rotation are already being acted upon.

At Jargalant Khairkhan, as one adaptation strategy local herders are diversifying incomes by establishment of a mobile tourist yurt camp and production of felt handicrafts for sale to visiting tourists.

The climate vulnerability assessment and integrated water resource management plan developed for the region of western Mongolia are already guiding climate adaptation efforts in the Altai region and will serve as models for replication elsewhere in Mongolia in coming years. Notably, successful models for low-impact snow leopardthemed tourism development at Jargalant Khairkhan and Sair Mountains are inspiring similar efforts at remote mountain locations elsewhere in western Mongolia, which will serve as an effective adaptation strategy for diversifying local livelihoods.