Saiga Antelopes: New Report on Mitigating Effects of Barriers to Migration

CMS, Bonn, July 2013

In cooperation and with funding from the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) and Flora & Fauna International (FFI), the Secretariat initiated a study to investigate the situation and the anticipated effects of infrastructure developments on Saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan, where a fence along the Kazakh-Uzbek border as well as two new railroads through Saiga habitat are being constructed. The report develops a set of recommendations for consideration by the Kazakh authorities. However, the solutions provided in the report are also applicable to other countries and species where similar developments take place.