by saigaconservationalliance | Monday, 7 November, 2011 | China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2011/12 round of the SCA’s small grants competition. This year’s competition was generously supported by CIC and the Wildlife Conservation Network. The SCA Small Grants Competition supports grassroots projects and...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 23 June, 2010 | 2015 Dieoff, Kazakhstan, Participatory Monitoring, Projects
Background Nearly 12,000 Critically Endangered saiga antelopes were found dead over the week commencing 19th May 2010, in the Ural population in western Kazakhstan. The dead were mostly females who had recently given birth, which suggests that their calves have also...
by saigaconservationalliance | Friday, 28 May, 2010 | Kazakhstan, Saiga News
Nearly 12,000 Critically Endangered saiga antelopes have been found dead over the last week in the Ural population in western Kazakhstan. The dead were mostly females who had recently given birth, as well as their calves. The official 2009 estimate of the size of the...
by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 22 April, 2010 | Kazakhstan, Saiga News
The International Fund for Animal Welfare report expert findings of a critical decline in the Kalmykian saiga population. Saiga numbers reportedly dropped from 14-15 thousand individuals to 8-9 thousand in the North-West Caspian region in the past year....
by Carlyn Samuel | Monday, 19 October, 2009 | China, Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Russia, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 round of SCA’s small grants competition. This competition aims to build grassroots capacity for saiga conservation by supporting small self-contained projects within the saiga range states, undertaken by those without...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Russia, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
This year the Small Grants Programme received 18 proposals from five countries and was generously supported by the Wildlife Conservation Network. At the end of October the SCA Steering Committee met in Almaty, Kazakhstan for their annual meeting and to discuss the...
by saigaconservationalliance | Friday, 7 November, 2008 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
On behalf of the Steering Committee of the Saiga Conservation Alliance, I am delighted to announce the winners of the 2008 SCA Small Grants competition. This competition aims to build capacity for saiga conservation at the grassroots level by enabling individuals to...
by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 17 January, 2008 | Kazakhstan, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
With the support of the Wildlife Conservation Network, the Saiga Conservation Alliance has initiated a small grants competition. The first round was held in September 2007, and four projects were chosen for support by the Steering Committee. The scheme is aimed at...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 19 July, 2007 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Small Grants Programme
This project, by a young researcher at the Institute of Zoology in Kazakhstan, will help to train the next generation of saiga experts as well as providing important information on the current status of the saiga population in Betpak-dala. This was one of the most...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 19 July, 2007 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Russia, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
With the support of the Wildlife Conservation Network, the Saiga Conservation Alliance has initiated a small grants competition. The first round was held in September 2007, and four projects were chosen for support by the Steering Committee. The scheme is aimed at...
