Peter Damerell, Interim Director of the Saiga Conservation Alliance, shares his journey from aspiring wildlife filmmaker to leading conservation efforts across Central Asia for one of the world's most unusual antelopes. From the vast steppes of Kazakhstan to working with traditional medicine markets in Asia, Peter coordinates an alliance of organizations protecting a species that has crashed twice and recovered dramatically—and could crash again at any moment.

In this conversation:
19:03 - What is a saiga? The biology of an Ice Age relic
32:12 - How the Saiga Conservation Alliance works
40:28 - When conservation succeeds: new challenges emerge
1:00:06 - Vision: Ecosystems where saiga and people flourish together

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