News and Press Releases from Large Herbivore Foundation

International year of Biodiversity 2010

22 December 2009

Large Herbivore Foundation joint the bioversity 2010 coalition

Large Herbivore Foundation joint the coalition of government bodies, civil society organisations, and business companies to established together the lead in communication on biodiversity: Coalitie Biodiversiteit 2010 (Coalition on Biodiversity 2010). Many activities willtake place throughout the year. The Coalition took off on 4 November 2009 at an event called Hoogste tijd voor Biodiversiteit (High Time for Biodiversity).

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Critically endangered Saiga antelope vital for preservation of world’s largest grasslands

7 December 2009

Saving the Saiga antelope: A massive 'steppe' forward in Kazakhstan

November 2009. The saiga antelope - one of the world's most threatened mammals has been hunted to the brink of extinction. Now conservationists, led by Government of Kazakhstan in partnership with the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK), the RSPB and the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), are giving this Central Asian antelope and its diverse steppe habitat renewed hope.

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