Thanks to the implementation of the Altyn Dala initiative in Kazakhstan, significant results have been achieved in restoring the number of saigas, artiodactyls, endangered animals. This is reported by the Kazinform agency, a partner of the TV BRICS network.
The program was launched in 2005 with the participation of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan and various local and international organizations involved in the protection of the environment and biodiversity.
In addition to restoring the number of these artiodactyls, the aim of the initiative is to preserve the Kazakh steppes, their fauna and flora.
The result of many years of work to expand protected natural areas has been the growth of the saiga population by more than a hundred times. If in 2003 their number slightly exceeded 20,000 individuals, then by 2024 it had grown to 2.8 million. At the same time, today Kazakhstan accounts for more than 98 percent of the world’s saiga population. It is noted that the implemented program is among the most successful examples of restoring the number of mammals in the world.
Other objectives of the campaign include work to preserve and increase the population of such rare and endangered animals as the steppe eagle and gyrfalcon, as well as the wild horse kulan.
Source https://tvbrics.com/news/kazakhstan-dobilsya-uspekhov-v-vosstanovlenii-populyatsii-saygakov/
