by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 | Award for Excellence in Saiga Protection, Saiga News
Generously funded by WCN 11th May 2021 We are pleased to announce an award programme promoting excellence in the protection of the saiga antelope. We appreciate the hard work carried out by rangers, police, government agencies and other committed individuals, and we...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 9 April, 2021 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
The vegetation of the North-Western Caspian region has undergone significant changes in the last almost thirty years, mainly expressed in an increase in the proportion of cereals and a reduction in the areas occupied by shrubs, which has led to an increase in the...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Wednesday, 24 March, 2021 | Saiga News
Tulips. The only mentioning them causes a lot of positive emotions, especially when, with the first rays of the March sun, their bright flowers appear in the house, with all their appearance telling about love. But these are tulips that were grown in greenhouses and...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 15 March, 2021 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan - Featured Post
From 13 to 17 February 2021, traditional saiga censuses were carried out on permanent routes in the Saigachi Complex (Landscape) Reserve. The weather was generally favorable for the work, as there was no snow cover and the ground was dry. However, on the eastern part...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 29 January, 2021 | Russia, Saiga News
The impact of COVID made everyone’s daily lives extremely hard last year. The rangers at the Stepnoi Reserve in Russia were determined, however, to continue to carry out their critical work, protecting the beautiful and rare biodiversity of the region. We were...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Sunday, 20 December, 2020 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
There are two very important periods in the difficult and dangerous life of saigas – animals of amazing appearance and fate that live also on the Steppe of the Liman District of the Astrakhan Region. One of these periods is calving when the saiga calves are...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 7 December, 2020 | Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Results of the expedition: from October 27 to November 3, 2020, a joint expedition took place on the territory of the Saigachiy Complex (Landscape) Reserve (Almambet, Duana and Zhideili sites), along the Eastern Chink of the Ustyurt Plateau and in the coastal zone of...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Wednesday, 18 November, 2020 | Saiga News
It is well known that the foundations of ecological education are laid at school, but school lessons are not always able to captivate children, form their responsible attitude towards the nature of their native land, and also become the basis for their choice of a...
by Carlyn Samuel | Monday, 19 October, 2020 | Saiga News
Then why not watch the short ‘Virtual Expo’ presentation which Lena and Olya gave this weekend. Catch up with our 2020 events and what our rangers have been up to, as well as our continuing plans for Resurrection Island. Our thanks go to Wildlife...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 30 June, 2020 | Saiga News
We wanted to share this lovely article published in National Geographic and written by Jason Bittel. There’s also a short, 6 minute clip which gives a lovely overview of what our colleagues in Kazakhstan, the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of...