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The fight for Ukraine’s Saiga

by saigaconservationalliance | Saturday, 18 March, 2023 | Saiga News

In September 2022 SCA received a funding request from The Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG) to provide funds to Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve in the Russian occupied province of Kherson, S.E Ukraine. Home to c.600 saigas. In peace times UNCG aims to...

Donate to the SCA for free!

by saigaconservationalliance | Tuesday, 13 September, 2016 | Saiga News

Did you know if you book via Give as you Live at your favourite travel agents like Thomas Cook and Thomson, you can raise a free donation for us?! We have teamed up with ‘Give as you Live’ and all you have to do is download the free app and then shop...

Supporting the Centre for Wild Animals in Kalmykia

by saigaconservationalliance | Monday, 4 July, 2016 | Russia, Saiga News, Steppe Wildlife Club

Support for Leading Saiga Breeding Centre. This wonderful centre, run by professor Yuri Arylov was established in 2002 with funding from the local Kalmyk government in order to address the devastating decline in saigas across the region. The CWA was founded primarily...

We will be able to support five aspiring conservationists (individuals or groups) with grants of $1000 each.

Объявление программы малых грантов при поддержке конвенции по мигрирующим видам (CMS) и сети по сохранению дикой природы (WCN)

by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 2 June, 2016 | Saiga News, Young Conservation Leaders

Проекты должны отвечать следующим требованиям: • Быть направленными на сохранение сайгака • Иметь прямое и четкое воздействие на статус сайгака • Сроки выполнения проекта с 15 июля 2016 г. по 15 октября 2016 г. • Иметь бюджет до 5 000 долларов США • Выполняться под...

Blog From the Field in Kazakhstan

by saigaconservationalliance | Monday, 30 May, 2016 | 2015 Dieoff, Kazakhstan, Saiga News

Dr. Eric Morgan is back out in Kazakhstan, visiting the areas where the mass-die off occurred last year. He’s written us another blog about their trip to a much quieter steppe: “It is hard to express how vast and unpeopled it is here on the Turgai steppe....

Small Grants Programme Competition

by saigaconservationalliance | Friday, 27 May, 2016 | Saiga News, Small Grants Programme

We announce a small grants competition for the conservation of the saiga antelope. The competition is funded by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Wildlife Conservation Network and administered by the Saiga Conservation Alliance....

Saiga Day 2016 Celebrated in Uzbekistan

by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 19 May, 2016 | Saiga Day, Saiga News, Steppe Wildlife Club, Uzbekistan

The ecological festival drew a huge audience in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, from kindergarten and primary school kids to adults of all ages. This year, Uz-Kor Gas Chemical workers in Ustyurt joined the festival as well. As a part of the Saiga Day, they planted saxaul...

UK Scientists Join Field Expedition to Saiga Calving Sites

by saigaconservationalliance | Saturday, 14 May, 2016 | 2015 Dieoff, Kazakhstan, Saiga News

First blog from the field, by Eric Morgan Hello, I’m on the train… converging on Heathrow today you might see handful of people lugging microscopes, test tubes and camping paraphernalia – on their way to join an ACBK-led expedition to last year’s saiga die-off sites....

Saiga News Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

by saigaconservationalliance | Monday, 25 April, 2016 | Saiga News

Thanks to generous support from our donors, and dedicated work from our volunteer editors, we have been running Saiga News for ten years now. We thought we’d celebrate our tenth year anniversary with a new look, and would like to thank Ashley Goldstein at...