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Tashkent hosted a series of trainings on mitigating the impact of tourism and industrial development on biodiversity
The main goal of the trainings is to analyze the impact of tourism and industrial expansion on biodiversity, as well as to promote effective measures to mitigate this impact, to prevent biodiversity loss to ensure the integrity and sustainability of ecosystems,...
Ecological tourism as a sustainable source of income for the residents of the Aral Sea and Ustyurt regions
The UK Government, within the framework of the Darwin Initiative / Defra, has allocated a grant to Uzbekistan to support a project called “Resurrection Island: Industry, Nature Conservation and Development around the Aral Sea”. The project is being implemented by...
Expedition to the Resurrection Island
Unfortunately, due to heavy rains, the roads to one of the saiga habitats (Sulama and the 40th kilometer), where we observed relatively many fresh animal tracks in May-September 2022 and February 2022, turned out to be impassable. We set up camera traps on Sulama,...
SCA public lecture on ‘Stihia’ festival in Uzbekistan
Public lecture as part of the eco-forum at the electronic music festival "STIHIA", May 6 - 8 in Muynak. It was our first experience of participating in such an event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2RupfSdKi4&ab_channel=UZREPORTTV The main theme was “The Present...
Saiga Day Uzbekistan recap
We held SCA’s traditional spring event - Saiga Day (supported by WFN & WCN) in Muynak and Kungrad region. The methodological basis of the celebration was developed and proposed to the mentors of the SWCs by the educational team from NGO "Ekomaktab". Preparations...
Saiga Day 2022 in Muynak, Uzbekistan: Eco-festival “Saiga – a bridge between the past and the future”
On May 5, 2022, Saiga Day was celebrated at secondary schools No. 1 and 4 in Muynak, Karakalpakstan. The eco-festival was organized within the framework of the project "Resurrection (Vozrozhdenie) Island: Entrepreneurship, Preservation and Development around the Aral...
Saiga Day in Jaslyk, Uzbekistan. Youth festival “Saiga is a bridge between the past and the future” is rolling
The festival relay race, devoted to Saiga Day 2022, was picked up in the villages located near the Saigachi Reserve. The village of Jaslyk on the basis of school No. 54 hospitably received teams of young ecologists from neighboring villages - from school No. 31 in the...
Saiga Day 2022 in Nukus, Uzbekistan
In the spring, we again hold our favorite Saiga Day festival. Today we are starting a series of reports from Uzbekistan on the celebration of the revival of saigas and the steppe. Every year for Saiga Day we offer a special theme related to different aspects of saiga...
Future plans: Aralkum National Park
Планы на будущее: национальный парк Аралкум In February 2022, the Saiga Conservation Alliance team visited Resurrection (Vozrozhdeniye) Island again. The main task of Alexander Esipov, Elena Bykova and local guide Adjibai was to find the most valuable habitats of the...
Day of Migratory species in Uzbekistan: If you are not familiar with migratory animals, then we are coming to you!
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 arrange a...