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Ekaterina Berezina: During my research, I plan to use photos from camera traps placed near the waterholes in the Stepnoi Reserve made during the last two years. I hope to broaden our understanding of the way saigas move around the sanctuary and use waterholes in their daily routine. Using information about the date and time of the visit and identifying the sex and age of the saigas will allow me to enrich the analysis of the daily behaviour of these shy animals.
Mikhail Shpigelman:  Our project is aimed at studying the negative impact of saiga, in places of mass concentration on agricultural crops and pastures. This problem has become acute in recent years with the growth of saiga population in the West Kazakhstan region. Farmers began to complain that saigas trample crops and graze pastures. We want to study this problem and find a consensus.