Saiga News - Issue 14, Winter 2011
Featured article - A retrospective assessment of saiga antelope die-off in Western Kazakhstan 2010-2011. Author: Richard Kock, Royal Veterinary College, UK.
Featured Article
Updates
- CMS COP10: Networking for Migratory Species
- The 10th anniversary WCN conservation exhibition
- First international saiga ecotour to Southern Russia
- The first saiga photo safari to Altyn Dala
- How to see a real saiga, or a trip to the Yashkul' Breeding Centre
- A new documentary film about the saiga has been screened in the Ustyurt villages
Media Reports
- A bilateral agreement on the conservation of the Ural saiga population is in preparation
- The institutional structures of the Irgyz-Turgai Nature Reserve have been put in place
- A saiga ground survey has been carried out in Kalmykia
- "The Saga of the Saiga 2" has won a special prize at the Baikal Film Festival
- TNT continues to support the saiga conservation programme in Kalmykia
- Cases of saiga poaching
Articles
- Analyzing the effects of infrastructure on migratory terrestrial mammals in Mongolia
- Food habits and dietary overlap among livestock and saigas in Mongolia
- Avenues for future research into the migration of the saiga antelope
- An evaluation of potential monitoring methods in Uzbekistan
- Building public engagement for conservation of the Ural saiga population following a mass die-off
- The development of a national plan for saiga conservation in Russia