by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 31 July, 2023 | Award for Excellence in Saiga Protection, Mongolia, Population Monitoring, Saiga News
World Ranger Day is an annual celebration held on July 31st to honour and commemorate the dedication and sacrifices of conservation rangers worldwide. These brave men and women work tirelessly on the frontlines of conservation, facing various challenges and dangers to...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Saturday, 29 April, 2023 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Projects, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Words by Dr Richard Kock, Professor Wildlife Health and Emerging Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, London (Retired). To celebrate World Veterinary Day 2023 we have a special guest blog from Richard Kock, Former Professor of Wildlife Health and Emerging Diseases at...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Wednesday, 6 October, 2021 | Protected Area designation, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan - Featured Post
On September 14-15, 2021, in Nukus and the village of Kyrk-kyz, a series of training sessions was held on best practices for mitigating the impact on biodiversity and the application of the principle of “no net loss” for its conservation and restoration. The...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Saturday, 16 November, 2019 | Migratory Species Day, Russia, Saiga News
«День Мигрирующих видов» — приближает нас к природе Animal migration is their regular movement, during which individuals from one habitat move to another, and return back after a while. Animal migrations are one of the most moving and unusual natural...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 21 September, 2018 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Population Monitoring, Saiga News
*Saiga horns are also known as ling yang (羚羊) and used in Traditional Chinese Medicine Thanks go out to John Wendle and the National Geographic team from this lovely article. Read it here John joined our colleagues at the ACBK this Spring on their yearly census...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 28 August, 2018 | Impact Evaluation, Participatory Monitoring, Population Monitoring, Projects, Protected Area designation, Russia
Results of actual research presented at the conference are an excellent opportunity for detailed discussion, exchange of experience and attraction of attention to the objects were studied. In the beginning of August, three specialists from Russia (A.P. Mezhnev from...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 20 December, 2017 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Saiga News
Satellite tagging of saigas is one of the most important parts of the conservation work which the Association of the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), our partners, carry out to help prevent the extinction of the remaining saiga populations in...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 20 December, 2017 | Award for Excellence in Saiga Protection, Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Russia, Saiga News
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017/8 excellence in saiga protection award Project 1 Inzhieva Gerel Davaevna, part of the national Preschool Educational Institution in Russia will be creating “The Saiga Trail” for pre-schoolers in Russia. Which...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 7 December, 2017 | Mongolia, Projects, Saiga Mural, Saiga News
I arrived into Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbataar on the 24th of September 2017. My objective: to paint a set of murals depicting the steppe wildlife (with the Saiga at the centre) as a way of engaging on conservation issues with rural communities. This was to be my...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 25 November, 2016 | Migratory Species Day, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Did you know that saigas are a migratory species just like whales and penguins! Saigas migrate south to find better pastures in winter. To celebrate the beginning of the migration season school children in the saiga’s range in Uzbekistan hold the ‘Day of...
