Protected areas of Turkmenistan
Protected areas of Turkmenistan include nine
nature reserves (zapovednik)[1] and 13 sanctuaries (zakaznik) with a total area of 19,750 km2 or more than 4% of Turkmenistan
's territory.
Nature reserves
- Lebap Province, East Karakum Desert, near Amu Darya. Created in 1927 for study and preservation of a sand-desert ecosystem. Area 346 km2.
- Balkan Province. Area 2,690 km2.
- Tejenrivers. Created in 1941 for the protection of the Badkhyz Plateau ecosystem. Area 877 km2.
- Ahal Province). Created in 1976 for the protection of indigenous flora and fauna. Area 497 km2.
- Balkan Province). Created in 1977 for the restoration and study of indigenous flora and fauna. Area 303 km2.
- Daşoguz Province). Created in 1979 for the protection and restoration of indigenous flora and fauna of the Kaplkankyr Plateau and surrounding areas of Northern Turkmenistan. Area 2,822 km2.
- Lebap Province on the Amu Darya. Created in 1982 with an area of 495 km2.
- Lebap Province). Created in 1986 with an area of 271.4 km2.
- Bereketli Garagum Nature Reserve, created in 2013.
Sanctuaries
- Chemenibit (Bathyz Nature Reserve)
- Kyzyldzhar (Bathyz Nature Reserve)
- Pulkhatyn (Bathyz Nature Reserve)
- Meana-Chaаcha (Mäne-Çäçe Sanctuary) (Köpetdag Nature Reserve)
- Kurykhovdan (Guryhowdan Sanctuary) (Köpetdag Nature Reserve)
- Syunt-Khasardag (Sünt-Hasardag Sanctuary) (Sünt-Hasardag Nature Reserve)
- Sarykamysh (Sarygamyş Lake, in Gaplaňgyr Nature Reserve)
- Shasenem (Sarygamyş Lake, in Gaplaňgyr Nature Reserve)
- Amyderýa Nature Reserve)
- Khodzhabuzhybelent (Hojaburjybelent Sanctuary) (Köýtendag Nature Reserve)
- Khodzhapil (Hojapil Sanctuary) (Köýtendag Nature Reserve)
- Karlyuk (Garlyk Sanctuary)(Köýtendag Nature Reserve)
- Hojagarawul Sanctuary (Köýtendag Nature Reserve)
- Ogurchinskiy (Hazar Nature Reserve)
Total area of sanctuaries is 11,560 km2 (2.6% of Turkmenistan's territory).
References
- ^ "Nature Reserves of Turkmenistan :: About Turkmenistan Reserves". Oriental Express Central Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
Further reading
- National Program for the Protection of the Environment, Ashgabat, 2002, pp. 149-151 (in Russian)
External links
- Map of nature reserves of Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
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