by saigaconservationalliance | Friday, 24 January, 2014 | Saiga Day, Saiga News, Steppe Wildlife Club
Elena receives the award for the Saiga Day programme. On December 20th 2013 the best Uzbek environmental initiatives of the year were announced at the ‘Reduce your environmental impact’ event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The competition was held by the Committee for...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 11 December, 2013 | Russia, Saiga News
In November the Saiga breeding center ‘Yashkulskiy’, in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, hosted the winners of a nationwide competition for children. The competition, which was entitled ‘Steppe antelope’, received more than 200 entries in four different categories:...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 11 December, 2013 | Mongolia, Saiga News
Here in Mongolia we are pleased to be able to officially thank Dr. Hartmut Jungius, Senior Advisor to WWF, for his commitment and years of hard work in saiga conservation in the region. Dr. Jungius’ dedication to saiga conservation was officially recognised by...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 11 December, 2013 | Saiga News
Every year the Kazakh steppe undergoes a spectacular transformation; with the onset of spring the vast prairies awaken, flowers blossom and huge herds of saiga arrive for the calving season. Since 2010 the ACBK, (SCA member in Kazakhstan) have been taking this...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 11 December, 2013 | Saiga News
In early October the SCA’s very own Elena Bykova took to the stage alongside renowned conservationists such as primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall from the Jane Goodall Institute and Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton from Save the Elephants, to tell a packed auditorium about the...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 14 November, 2013 | Migratory Species Day, Saiga News, Steppe Wildlife Club, 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 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 | Thursday, 3 October, 2013 | Saiga News
Roy Freeman discovered saiga through his work and instantly became a supporter of our cause. Roy recalls “I was translating a fairy tale from 1892 for my work, and in doing so came across a word I’d never seen before, ‘saiga’. In searching for an English translation,...
by saigaconservationalliance | Thursday, 19 September, 2013 | Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
We are pleased to announce that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service have generously agreed to support a one-off small grants competition for the conservation of the saiga antelope. The competition, which will be administered by the Saiga Conservation Alliance,...
by saigaconservationalliance | Tuesday, 9 July, 2013 | Saiga News
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Saiga Resource Centre (SRC) website. Conceived of as a means of charting progress towards fulfilment of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) MoU on saiga conservation, it was designed and implemented by the SCA and the...
