A meeting held from 29-31 October 2008, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, focused on implementation issues related to the Saiga Antelope Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was developed in the framework of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and entered into force in 2006.

The meeting assessed the status of the medium-term work programme 2007-2011, while a workshop assessed how individual saiga populations are currently being monitored, what optimal methodology should be used, and how such methods could be practically implemented.
Link to further information
CMS press release, 11 November 2008