10/10/2025NewsMichael Brombacher receives the IUCN Fred Packard Award 2025
10/10/2025NewsMichael Brombacher receives the IUCN Fred Packard Award 2025
A lifetime of field-based leadership and impact is honored with one of conservation’s highest recognitions. We are proud to announce that Michael Brombacher, Head of the Europe Department at Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), has been selected as a 2025 recipient of the Fred Packard Award by the IUCN World Commission … Read more
06/04/2025Press releasePrzewalski’s Horses Released into the Steppe in Kazakhstan
06/04/2025Press releasePrzewalski’s Horses Released into the Steppe in Kazakhstan
Six wild Przewalski’s horses released in Kazakhstan’s steppe, which marks a major milestone in species recovery and steppe ecosystem restoration.
04/25/2025Project updateHope for Kulan: Learning and Moving Forward
04/25/2025Project updateHope for Kulan: Learning and Moving Forward
In 2024, we completed one of the longest overland wildlife translocations in history, moving 24 Kulans to rewild the Torgai steppe. This major milestone brought hard lessons, including unexpected losses, but by openly confronting the challenges and swiftly adapting our strategies, we are strengthening our efforts to secure a resilient … Read more
11/06/2024Press release, NewsThe Earthshot Prize 2024: Major grassland restoration project in Kazakhstan celebrates win
11/06/2024Press release, NewsThe Earthshot Prize 2024: Major grassland restoration project in Kazakhstan celebrates win
A long-term large-scale collaborative conservation initiative in Kazakhstan has today been named the winner of the ‘Protect and Restore Nature’ category of His Royal Highness Prince William’s Earthshot Prize 2024. The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative has received the prestigious prize in recognition of its vision and results to conserve and … Read more
09/24/2024Press releasePrestigious recognition from The Earthshot Prize 2024 for efforts to protect and restore vast grasslands in Kazakhstan
09/24/2024Press releasePrestigious recognition from The Earthshot Prize 2024 for efforts to protect and restore vast grasslands in Kazakhstan
A long-term large-scale collaborative conservation initiative in Kazakhstan has today been named as a finalist for His Royal Highness Prince William’s Earthshot Prize 2024.
09/06/2024NewsAltyn Dala Conservation Initiative contributes saiga data to global animal migration atlas
09/06/2024NewsAltyn Dala Conservation Initiative contributes saiga data to global animal migration atlas
With a free online atlas created by over 80 scientists, you can track the routes of wildebeest, saiga antelopes, caribou, and other ungulates who make long migrations and see the man-made barriers affecting their journeys. The project is supported by FZS.
06/06/2024NewsPrzewalski’s horses return to central Kazakhstan after nearly 200-year absence
06/06/2024NewsPrzewalski’s horses return to central Kazakhstan after nearly 200-year absence
Milestone in wildlife conservation as 7 Przewalski’s horses are reintroduced to Kazakh Steppe. The aim is to develop a self-sustaining population in the region.
12/18/2023FZS in the mediaThis floppy-nosed antelope was nearly gone. 20 years later, it’s thriving.
12/18/2023FZS in the mediaThis floppy-nosed antelope was nearly gone. 20 years later, it’s thriving.
Less than a decade ago, more than half of the world’s saiga antelope were lost to a mysterious disease. Its comeback is a rare and phenomenal conservation success.
04/27/2023NewsAlbert Salemgareyev Wins Whitley Award
04/27/2023NewsAlbert Salemgareyev Wins Whitley Award
Albert Salemgareyev from our partner Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Whitley Award. He received the award for managing the Saiga Antelope Boom in Kazakhstan.
03/27/2023Project updateFour kulans for Alibi
03/27/2023Project updateFour kulans for Alibi
Last November, FZS supported a transport of kulans to the Torgai steppe in central Kazakhstan for the third time. Veterinary student Anne Dohrmann took part in this translocation. In freezing temperatures, she spent many weeks at the remote reintroduction site and ranger station “Alibi” to observe the new arrivals
12/15/2022Project updateMore Kulan return home
12/15/2022Project updateMore Kulan return home
Four Kulan, an Asiatic wild ass, were transported 2,100 km by helicopter to an area where the species once roamed.
12/13/2022Press releaseAltyn Dala – a model of restoration
12/13/2022Press releaseAltyn Dala – a model of restoration
The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative aims to restore large steppe areas in Kazakhstan to their natural state. Today, the Initiative has been awarded a “World Restoration Flagship” by the United Nations. As one of Altyn Dala’s partners, we are proud to have contributed to the success of the project.