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Saiga Day united people from the remotest parts of Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia

Saiga Day is an international event which has been celebrated in Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan since 2011. In 2016 young conservationists from Mongolia joined Saiga Day. The holiday occurs…

Educational camp

Alyona Krivosheyeva, Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, alyona.krivosheyeva@acbk.kz

Uzbekistan: A training ground for young conservationists

Natalia Shivaldova, Ekomaktab NGO, nshivaldova@mail.ru

Twenty criminal cases initiated in Kazakhstan for illegal saiga killing

The Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture's Committee for Forest Management and Wildlife, Nariman Zhunusov, says that there has been some progress in detecting and capturing…

A large consignment of saiga horns and skins is confiscated in Fergana, Uzbekistan

The attempted smuggling of a large consignment of saiga horns from Uzbekistan has been prevented, according to the State Customs Committee of the Fergana Region. An operation conducted by the…

A large consignment of saiga horns is confiscated in China

After a 6 month investigation, in early September 2016 the Beijing, Sichuang and Xingjiang forest police bureaus confiscated 1502.25 kg of saiga horns and arrested 12 suspects. Saiga horns are…