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Saiga Conservation Alliance

Field	Value
logo	Saiga Conservation Alliance Logo.jpg
logo_size	200px
type	Non-profit Organization
founded_date	Informally 1990s, Formally September 2006
location_country	Uzbekistan and United Kingdom
area_served	Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia and Turkmenistan
focus	Saiga Conservation
homepage	[saiga-conservation.org](http://www.saiga-conservation.org/)

E.J. Milner-Gulland, (Trustee Chair)
Elena Bykova, (Executive Secretary)
David Mallon, (Trustee)
Elisabeth Whitebread, (Trustee)

The Saiga Conservation Alliance SCA is a network of researchers and conservationists working to study and protect the critically endangered Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica) and their habitat. The Saiga are often seen as a major flagship species of the Central Asian and pre-Caspian steppes. In the last ten years, saiga populations have declined by 96%, which is the fastest decline ever recorded for a mammal species.{{cite web Saiga Conservation Alliance is partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Network.{{cite web

History

In September 2006, the organization was formally founded.

In June 2015, E.J. Milner-Gulland said, 'Anti-poaching [needs to be a top priority for the Russian and Kazakh governments.'

Programs

CMS Project Monitoring

SCA was contracted by the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)to monitor progress of saiga conservation. Part of this projects involves maintaining a database of saiga experts and conservationist as well as compiling data and disseminating it world-wide.

Russia

The Russian branch of SCA is the Centre for Wild Animals in Kalmykia. They are the world's only successful captive breeding program for saigas. Other programs include working with local villages and poor households which agree to help conserve saigas.{{cite web |access-date = 2011-10-02 |archive-date = 2016-11-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161109190016/http://www.edgeofexistence.org/community/project_info.php?id=59 |url-status = dead

Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstan branch of SCA Monitors saiga populations to determine conservation efficacy. Surveys with locals monitors poaching activities and the reasons behind them.{{cite web |access-date = 2011-10-02 |archive-date = 2016-11-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161109190021/http://www.edgeofexistence.org/community/project_info.php?id=62 |url-status = dead

Uzbekistan

The Uzbekistan branch conducts research into what the problems are of saiga conservation and negotiates plans for action between the government and local people.{{cite web |access-date = 2011-10-02 |archive-date = 2016-11-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161109185121/http://www.edgeofexistence.org/community/project_info.php?id=60 |url-status = dead

Bulletin

A report about saiga conservation and news is published in six languages twice-yearly.

Small Grants Program

Annual small grants competition to help build grassroots saiga conservation projects.{{cite web

Education

Every year SCA conservationists attend the Wildlife Conservation Network Expo to meet other conservationists and share methodology. They also hold presentations to educate and update the public and supporters.{{cite web

References

(12 June 2015). "134,000 saiga antelope dead in two weeks. What is the probable cause?". Guardian.

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