by saigaconservationalliance | Tuesday, 19 January, 2016 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Earlier this month we held an event at the National Press Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to celebrate the success of our newest award-winning cartoon. ‘A Steppe Tale II’, which won a golden Loon award at in international film festival. We invited children from the two...
by saigaconservationalliance | Tuesday, 12 January, 2016 | Protected Area designation, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Thanks to The Whitley Fund for Nature and Wildlife Conservation Network the SCA has been able to produce a short film showing how people lived side by side with saigas on the Ustyurt plateau for hundreds of years, until recently when the region’s economic...
by Carlyn Samuel | Saturday, 14 November, 2015 | Migratory Species Day, Saiga News, Steppe Wildlife Club, Uzbekistan
It’s became an annual event for schools in the saiga regions of Nukus and Ustyurt to host Migratory Species Day events just before the Christmas break. This year, the the SCA team visited the Steppe Wildlife Club “Hope” which the first to celebrate. High school...
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 Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 16 September, 2015 | Saiga News, Saiga youth camp, Uzbekistan
From 17-24th August 25 Uzbek children between the ages of 11-15 joined the SCA’s first ‘Saiga Youth Wildlife Camp’. 18 children from Karakalpakia, the region where saigas can still be found in Uzbekistan and 7 children from Tashkent who acted as ‘local guides’, as...
by saigaconservationalliance | Friday, 4 September, 2015 | Saiga News, Saiga youth camp, Uzbekistan
From 17-24th August 25 Uzbek children between the ages of 11-15 joined the SCA’s first ‘Saiga Youth Wildlife Camp’. 18 children from Karakalpakia, the region where saigas can still be found in Uzbekistan and 7 children from Tashkent who acted as ‘local guides’, as...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 26 May, 2015 | Saiga Day, Steppe Wildlife Club, Uzbekistan
A traditional Saiga Day was held in Uzbekistan in early May. This spring celebration gathered together a lot of people caring for the fate of the steppe antelope from Nukus city and remote villages of Karalpakstan in Uzbekistan. This year’s festival has acquired...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 25 March, 2015 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan, Young Conservation Leaders
Olya Esipova is 19 years old and is a full time student at the Westminster International University In Tashkent, Uzbekistan where she is finishing a course in international foundation studies. She used her Young Conservation Leaders award to work on the SCA’s new...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 14 January, 2015 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Among all the events we have carried out for saiga conservation world this year, we wanted to highlight our first knowledge-exchange trip. The Uzbek SCA team, including Sasha the Saiga traveled to Kenya. We had a unique opportunity to spread the word about saigas far...
by saigaconservationalliance | Wednesday, 3 December, 2014 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Mother and daughter team of saiga conservationists are a hit at Expo SCA co-founder Elena Bykova is a regular to WCN’s expo in San Francisco, but this year her 19 year old daughter Olya, who is also one of SCA’s Young Conservationists, attended with her. The duo were...
