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The aim of the award, which we hope to make annual, is to
support the next generation of saiga leaders, recognise their
contributions to saiga conservation, and bring them together to
build a network across the whole saiga range so that they can share
experiences and inspire others.
The applicants were of excellent quality, and we are happy
to report that the following aspiring conservationists will each
receive $1,000 to support a 12 month project which links to the
ongoing work of the SCA in the winner's country:
The 2014 award is supported by the Wildlife Conservation
Network and Joy's family, to whom we are especially
grateful.
The award supports individuals or teams, from government or
from NGOs, who have shown particular dedication and outstanding
success in combating saiga poaching over the last 12
months.
The applicants were of excellent quality and to recognise
their extraordinary achievements we decided to give one main award
of $1,000 and two runner-up awards of $750, to be used as the
winners choose, to the following three nominees:
EJ MILNER-GULLAND and ALINE KÜHL are fighting to save this tiny, elephant-nosed antelope from almost certain extinction.
von Meibom, S., Vaisman, A., Leong, S.H., Ng, J., Xu, H. (2006): Trade in Saiga Antelope Horns and Other Parts: an Overview of Recent Global Trade Trends and Conservation Aspects with a Focus on Market Demand in South-east Asia.
Conservationists trying to save one of the world's most endangered antelopes are to start a public awareness campaign in one of its key ranges following a series of setbacks in the past year. The strange-looking, trunk-nosed saiga, which once shared the steppe plains of Central Asia with mammoths and woolly rhinos, has suffered an estimated 95 per cent decline in numbers since 1995, largely due to uncontrolled poaching. There are only five wild populations in the world, and a number of recent events have conspired to increase the pressure on the species. The Russian population was hit by the very hard winter (and possibly increased poaching), while one population in Kazakhstan declined by…
The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative (Altyn Dala) is a new large-scale initiative from the Government of Kazakhstan that has brought together a partnership of national and international organisations. Altyn Dala will conserve globally important biodiversity, flagship species, and steppe and semi-desert habitats in an integrated and representative network of large protected areas in Central Kazakhstan covering between 3 and 4 million hectares.
"I strain my eyes over the flat, endless plain of Russia's southern Republic of Kalmykia, blinking as the horizon melts into a delusional mirage. There is not so much as a tree, bush, or hill as far as I can see. Wait ... something. A cloud or red dust several hundred yards away. Through my binoculars, I see a brown ribbon of, perhaps, a hundred saiga antelope reeling away. The herd flows like water across the parched terrain, once the bed of a shrunken Caspian Sea. In an instant the animals drift out of sight. Only the red dust lingers ......"