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Communication - an important tool in improving the protection
of saigas in the North-West Caspian.
The Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA) is pleased to announce
that a group of people from Kalmykia, Russia have been awarded the
second Small Grants Award, kindly sponsored by the CMS.
Catherine Ochirova, Pyurvenova Boskhomdzhievna and Hope Yurevna
will be developing a booklet called "Saiga - living heritage of our
ancestors".
The saiga antelope is known to feature prominently in the
historic cultures within its range. With many poems, songs,
paintings and folklore having been produced about it over the
ages.
This group will be working closely with SCA colleagues in
Kazakhstan and Russia, as well as with local teachers to produce a
booklet which will be distributed to schools and…
The final Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA) 2016 Small Grant is
awarded to Bibigul Sarsenova, Chair of the Association 'Society and
Environment', who works in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The award will enable her to review public attitudes to the
challenge of conserving the Ural saiga population in Kazakhstan,
which currently numbers around 70,000 animals.
She will be working with SCA colleagues at the ACBK in
Kazakhstan and local network of children's Steppe Wildlife Clubs to
identify the causes of poaching in the region and the attitudes
local people hold towards the saiga.
Bibigul will also be working with these groups to carry out
environmental education activities focused on the…