Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have signed a memorandum of understanding on conserving and restoring the saiga population.
The document was signed by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Alibek Kuantyrov, and Uzbekistan’s Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Aziz Abdukhakimov.
The memorandum aims to coordinate the two countries’ efforts to conserve saiga, protect cross-border migration routes and restore the species’ natural habitat. The sides plan to monitor saiga numbers, migration and health jointly, and to exchange scientific data.
