Poaching constitutes the main threat to the endangered saiga antelope population on the Ustyurt plateau. To reduce this threat, we are supporting the Uzbek Institute of Zoology to create local ranger associations, which employ and train expoachersto monitor saiga populations in their area, and act as advocates for saiga conservation. The project also supports the Saiga Conservation Alliance, an international consortium of leading saiga scientists and conservationists.
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Notes from the field: Saving saiga antelopes in the Uzbek Ustyurt Plateau
06/07/2009
FFI’s Maria Karlstetter visits a remote area of Uzbekistan to check the progress of our saiga conservation work.
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