by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 16 October, 2013 | Migratory Species Day, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
In November the SCA held the first ‘Day of Migratory Species’ celebrations in Uzbekistan. A joint effort between the SCA and the new Steppe Wildlife Clubs, the event was held in three remote schools on the Ustiurt plateau and in one in Nukus city. After the success of...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 | Kazakhstan, Protected Area designation, Saiga News
The government of Kazakhstan have officially signed the designation document for a new nature reserve within the range of the Betpak-dala saiga population. The new reserve, named ‘Altyn Dala’, is a major success for the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative...
by saigaconservationalliance | Saturday, 24 December, 2011 | China, Mongolia, Participatory Monitoring, Population Monitoring, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
We are pleased to announce the winners of a one-off small grants competition generously funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and administered by the SCA. The programme supports grassroots projects to implement the priority actions of the Medium Term Work...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 19 October, 2010 | Population Monitoring, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
Pavel Amosov is deputy director for science at Bogdinsk Baskunchak nature reserve in Astrakhan Province, Russia. Pavel has been working in the reserve for 2 years and is responsible for monitoring the status of the reserve’s vertebrate populations. Prior to this...
by Carlyn Samuel | Sunday, 19 September, 2010 | Alternative Livelihoods, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme, Uzbekistan
Aizada Nurumbetova is director of the “Keuil nury” Centre for Social Support of Women in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. Aizada’s grant will be used to develop alternative sources of income for inhabitants of the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan by training local women in...
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 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 saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 23 September, 2009 | Mongolia, Population Monitoring, Projects
The Mongolian saiga has long been isolated from the more numerous populations in Kazakhstan and Russia by the Altai Mountains. They occur at low densities but across a wide area of the western Mongolian Gobi steppe-desert. The population of Mongolian saiga has...
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...
