Аңдатпа
Improving food security and preventing further loss of biodiversity are two of humanity's most pressing challenges. However, efforts to address these challenges often lead to conflicts between the interests of agricultural production and the interests of biodiversity conservation. Here we will focus on the conflicts between animal husbandry and the conservation of wild herbivores, which receive little attention in the scientific literature. We argue that addressing these challenges will require the introduction of collaborative management approaches that promote the participation of relevant stakeholders in environmental monitoring, impact assessment, decision-making, and active knowledge sharing. Saiga antelopes are migratory antelopes that live in the meadows of Eurasia. Over the past century, saigas have been brought to the brink of extinction due to mass deaths and intensive poaching. However, despite the high status of the saiga as an animal of interest to nature conservation, little is known about its impact on pasture resources. Research data has shown that wild animals (saigas) have had a significant impact on the current state of the pasture ecosystems of the semi-desert zone by changing their quantitative and qualitative indicators. The effects of saiga antelope also had a negative impact on the biometric indicators of pastures, such as height and yield of green mass. If, with regulated grazing, agricultural for animals without saiga exposure, the yield of the green mass of pastures at a height of 33.10 cm was 6.85 kg/ha, while free-range saiga reduced the height of pasture stands by 11.30 cm compared to the regulated grazing option, and the productivity of the green mass in the summer season by 4.21 kg/ha