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01.03.2010 10:00
Dear friends, the 10th issue of Saiga News (Winter 2009/10) is now available to download in English and Russian, packed full of updates on research, conservation and reporting on Saiga antelope across the entire range. Download your copy now.
07.02.2010 09:00
In collaboration with the Rostov-based tour company Saga Tours, and with the Saiga Conservation Alliance, the UK-based company Eastern Approaches is offering a new cultural tour of the saiga range area in southern Russia, to run in August 2010.
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31.10.2009 18:31
The Kazakh version of Saiga News 9 is now available. Please follow the link for download.
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31.10.2009 11:32
International Council for Game and Conservation (CIC) reports on Saiga antelope at the International Union of Game Biologists Meeting 2009, Moscow, in their latest Newsletter.
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22.09.2009 09:28
"I remember the time when the saiga was hunted and traded, and we all believed that it was one of most numerous game species in Eurasia,"
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28.08.2009 11:20
The Mongolian version of the Saiga New 8 can be downloaded here.
04.08.2009 10:18
Dear SCA supporters. We take pleasure to lauch the much awaited 9th issue of saiga news, Full of recent updates on research, conservation and reporting on Saiga antelope across the entire range. Download your copy now.
17.06.2009 12:31
Progress towards the fulfillment of the Convention on Migratory Species medium term international work programme for the Saiga antelope (for the period of October 2006- Oct 2008)
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04.06.2009 10:52
Our Chinese version of the saiga news issue 8 is now available online.
20.05.2009 09:00
The call for Small Grants Programme 2009 has been announced. For more information, click on the headline.
18.04.2009 17:56
Mobile Anti Poaching Unit and police officer detained two Mongolian citizens that they killed 6 Mongolian Saiga.
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15.04.2009 17:08
Alexander Esipov (Sasha), an active SCA steering committee member from Uzbekistan has won the prestigious Freeman Award for his commitment and contributions to conserving snow leopards in the wild. He has carried out nearly 3 decades of field work primarily in the study of mammals of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian states. Sasha is also on the steering committee of the Snow leopard Network. We congratulate Sasha on behalf of the whole Saiga and Conservation community.
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07.04.2009 20:46
The saiga is one of the most rapidly declining mammals in the world.
06.04.2009 11:30
The saiga antelope is one of the world's strangest-looking mammals. Its bulbous, tubular nose filters out dust and warms cold air before it reaches the animal's windpipe. On Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty - By Antoine Blua
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05.04.2009 11:03
The role of saiga poaching in rural communities: Linkages between attitudes,
socio-economic circumstances and behaviour.
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05.04.2009 10:43
Winter surveys of Saiga in Mongolia.
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23.03.2009 14:23
Our Uzbek and Kazakh version of the saiga news issue 8 are now available online.
11.03.2009 11:16
Mongolian scientist Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar wins a Sidney Byers Scholarship
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04.03.2009 10:34
Saiga antelope the most threatened species in Asia, according to a new report by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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26.02.2009 13:04
Starting in the January 2009 issue of Saiga News, each issue we will profile one of our existing institutional members. This month it is the turn of CIC Wildlife - The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation.
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20.02.2009 12:22
German magazine PIRSCH features a full-length article on saiga
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06.02.2009 17:50
The SCA's biannual publication, Saiga News, has won a national award for the Best Environmental Publication in Uzbekistan.
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08.12.2008 11:57
Leading English language news channel Russia Today report on the captive saiga breeding centre in Southern Russia.
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04.12.2008 15:35
The SCA have teamed up with our institutional member Spitalfields City Farm to offer saiga adoptions this Christmas! The money raised will go towards the Centre for Wild Animals in Kalmykia, one of the few successful saiga breeding centres in the world.
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28.11.2008 18:36
Adoptions will support the Stepnoi Sanctuary in Russia
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10.11.2008 18:36
The SCA's 2nd Annual General Meeting was held on 31st October at the Institute of Zoology in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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07.11.2008 12:48
малых грантов SCA 2008 г - Поздравляем всех победителей конкурса!
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23.07.2008 17:24
In June, SCA founder member Dr. Aline Kuhl was delighted to be invited by the ICCS to speak to members of the US Congress about saiga conservation. We're pleased to announce that her talk is now available to view on YouTube! Thanks to our institutional member CIC Wildlife for introducing us to the ICCS.
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06.02.2008 14:09
An article in the Independent newspaper published on 31 January has higlighted saiga antelopes as one of the world's rare-but-ugly species that need greater attention from conservationists, the public and media alike.
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17.01.2008 09:39
"BAG Eurasia of NABU" (the working group of the German Society for Nature Conservation (NABU) dealing with conservation projects in Europe and Asia), has just become the latest institutional member of the SCA. Additionally, BAG Eurasia has just announced that they will support the translation and adaptation of the SCA's environmental education materials for schoolchildren with a grant of €1,600.
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17.01.2008 09:33
With the support of the Wildlife Conservation Network, the Saiga Conservation Alliance has initiated a small grants competition. The first round was held in September 2007, and four projects were chosen for support by the Steering Committee
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12.01.2008 11:03
The latest edition of Saiga News is now available to download in English and Russian language versions.
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16.12.2007 15:37
On 23rd November 2007, a meeting took place in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, entitled “Saiga conservation: methods for effective conservation of the Ustyurt saiga population in Uzbekistan”.
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01.12.2007 12:51
If you're a budding script writer, there's a saiga script competition just for you...
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08.10.2007 14:42
The Wildlife Conservation Network's Expo from the 3-7 October 2007 in San Francisco was a true success!
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14.09.2007 07:32
The first official meeting of the Saiga Conservation Alliance on 12th/13th September 2007 in Tashkent was a true, inspiring success.
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30.04.2007 14:42
Young saiga scientist receives prestigious scholarship
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30.11.2006 19:26
SCA given Candidate Partner Status by the Wildlife Conservation Network.
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