by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 11 January, 2017 | Mongolia, Saiga News
Saiga deaths in Mongolia. We have received reports of the tragic death of over 500 Mongolian saigas in recent weeks. This disease outbreak is worrying because the Mongolian subspecies numbers only around 12,000 individuals*. Initial reports suggest that the cause is...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 2 November, 2016 | Mongolia, Saiga News
We are pleased to announce that our 20th Issue of Saiga News is now available in Mongolian and can be downloaded here
by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 5 November, 2015 | Award for Excellence in Saiga Protection, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Population Monitoring, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan, Young Conservation Leaders
The Saiga Conservation Alliance 2015 Awards Event took place on Thursday 29th October 2015 at Hotel Uzbekistan in Tashkent. Presentations were made by winners of awards and small grants from the SCA over the last few years, and the 2015 winners were presented with...
by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 2 April, 2015 | Award for Excellence in Saiga Protection, Mongolia, Saiga News
In 2014 Baljinnyam Batsaikhan was recognised by the SCA for his outstanding work to protect saigas. He is a state environmental inspector and a leader of the Saiga ranger network team, has been working with the WWF Mongolia Programme since 2006. He supervises 12 Saiga...
by saigaconservationalliance | Saturday, 21 March, 2015 | Mongolia, Population Monitoring, Saiga News, Young Conservation Leaders
Sergelen Erdenebaatar is 25 years old and works as a biologist and ecologist at Altain Nuudelchid, an NGO based in Mongolia. Sergelen is one of the SCA’s 2014 Young Conservation Leaders and he used his award to carry out research into Mongolian saiga populations....
by saigaconservationalliance | Tuesday, 17 February, 2015 | Mongolia, Population Monitoring, Saiga News
The overarching aims of the project were to estimate population size of saiga with associated confidence intervals across its entire range in western Mongolia, and to conduct spatial modelling on the survey data to assess the human and environmental factors...
by saigaconservationalliance | Monday, 7 July, 2014 | Award for Excellence in Saiga Protection, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Saiga News
The award supports individuals or teams, from government or from NGOs, who have shown particular dedication and outstanding success in combating saiga poaching over the last 12 months. The applicants were of excellent quality and to recognise their extraordinary...
by saigaconservationalliance | Monday, 30 June, 2014 | Mongolia, Russia, Saiga News, Uzbekistan, Young Conservation Leaders
The applicants were of excellent quality, and we are happy to report that the following aspiring conservationists will each receive $1,000 to support a 12 month project which links to the ongoing work of the SCA in the winner’s country: Aigul’ Aitbaeva...
by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 30 January, 2014 | Mongolia, Population Monitoring, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
More rangers are needed in the fight against poachers. The SCA is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Small Grants Programme, generously supported by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. As ever, the entries were to an extremely high standard and this year the...
