by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Saturday, 8 January, 2022 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme, Young Conservation Leaders
After sad and nervous 2020 marked with COVID during which Saiga Conservation Alliance like many other entities had to cut down its activities it was especially pleasant to be able to resume grants competitions in 2021. The reaction was quite fruitful – we’ve got quite...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Thursday, 6 January, 2022 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga hero, Saiga News
Антон Павлович Межнев 22 октября 1963 г. — 8 января 2020 г. Антон Павлович Межнев скоропостижно скончался 8 января 2021 года. И это огромная потеря не только для его родных и близких, не только для российской орнитологии, но и для охраны природы нашей и не только...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 24 December, 2021 | Saiga News
On the eve of the New Year holidays, the festive events dedicated to the “Migrating Animals” continued. This time they moved from Nukus to the Ustyurt plateau, where the main saiga population lives. The relay race for the competition of open lessons on the...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 29 November, 2021 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan - Featured Post
Autumn, saigas go to the next seasonal migration. Migratory birds gather in flocks and head to warm regions. And in the Steppe Clubs of Karakalpakstan, the “Day of Migrating Animals” is being held. This year, the organizers decided to change the format and...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 26 October, 2021 | Saiga News
The Aral Sea crisis is widely considered one of the greatest man-made environmental disasters of our time. However, a host of new initiatives have recently emerged – featuring widespread international collaboration – which aim at transforming the Aral Sea region in...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 10 August, 2021 | Camera Trapping, Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
This #CameraTrapTuesday join this guy who really seems to enjoy life in Stepnoi Reserve! В этот #CameraTrapTuesday присоединяйтесь к этому парню, который наслаждается жизнью в Степном...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 6 August, 2021 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
Favorite habitats of the only saiga population in Europe are confined to the territory of the Yashkul, Chernozemelsky and Yustinsky districts of the Republic of Kalmykia and the Limansky district of the Astrakhan region, which, in turn, can be attributed to the vast...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 3 August, 2021 | Camera Trapping, Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
#CameraTrapTuesday Not only saigas are caught in the camera traps in Stepnoi Reserve. Here is a wolf who came to the artesian lake. #CameraTrapTuesday В заказнике «Степной» в фотоловушки попадают не только сайгаки. Вот волк, пришедший к...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 30 July, 2021 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
The most responsible and dangerous rangers’ duty is patrolling. Patrols in Stepnoi Reserve happen every day – 365 days a year – with no exceptions. For the territory a little smaller than New York there are only 12 rangers. Rangers work in shifts...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 30 July, 2021 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
And for the rest of the state rangers, whose shift in the Reserve lasts three days, there are comfortable for living small buildings, surrounded by a small garden (in the desert!). Rangers care after this garden, including pouring water brought from many kilometers...
