Mongolian Proposal to CITES for Amendment of Appendices: Mongolian saiga Subspecies (or species)

Saiga tatarica tatarica Saiga tatarica mongolica …extinct in Mongolia early 1960s

Saiga tatarica tatarica Saiga tatarica mongolica Global saiga distribution

Saiga tatarica tatarica

Saiga tatarica mongolica

Source: Milner-Gulland et al. 2001 Conservation status

• Endangered (IUCN) • CITES convention (Appendix II) • CMS - Convention on Migratory Species Changes in Mongolian saiga population size PPR outbreak 54%

16.000 14.600 13.824 Harsh

14.000 winter 10.908 12.000 10.230 9.929 2001-2002 harsh winter 10.000 8.016 6.846 8.000 5.280 3.169 4.961

Population size 6.000 2.994 3.840 3.340 4.467 3.240 4.000 2.860 3,000 1.020 1.510 2.000 750 0 Oct-98 Oct-99 Oct-00 Oct-01 Oct-02 Oct-03 Oct-04 Oct-05 Oct-06 Oct-07 Oct-08 Oct-09 Oct-10 Oct-11 Oct-12 Oct-13 Oct-14 Oct-15 Oct-16 Oct-17 Apr-99 Apr-00 Apr-01 Apr-02 Apr-03 Apr-04 Apr-05 Apr-06 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-09 Apr-10 Apr-11 Apr-12 Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15 Apr-16 Apr-17 Apr-18 Historic Saiga Distribution Current Saiga Distribution

Range shrank by about 80% Saiga Reserves cover about 35% of current range Threats: Harsh winter and droughts

Threats: Livestock grazing

Threats: Poaching and trade Poaching

saiga horns have high value for Chinese traditional medicine Threats: Mining development • ~ 15% under mine lease • ~ 20% protected under PAs Threats: Linear infrastructures Threats: Linear infrastructures

Asiatic wild ass Goitered gazelle

Saiga antelope Mongolian gazelle Threats: Wildlife disease Threats: Wildlife disease 54.5% decline PPR – confirmed in the following wildlife species in Mongolia

Mongolian Saiga Jan 2, 2017 Goitered gazelle Jan 29, 2017

Ibex Jan 29, 2017 Argali Mar 10, 2017 PPR Virus Threat: Central Asian antelopes at risk

400,000 – 2,700,000 40,000-140,000 67,000-72,000 Mass die off in Kazakhstan

Hemorrhagic septicemia: > 200,000 death in 2015 CITES II to CITES I