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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
Repetek Nature Reserve , in
Lebap Province , East
Karakum Desert , near
Amu Darya . Created in 1927 for study and preservation of a sand-desert ecosystem. Area 346 km2 .
Hazar Nature Reserve , on the south-east coast of the
Caspian Sea , in
Balkan Province . Area 2,690 km2 .
Bathyz Nature Reserve , in
Mary Province , between
Kushka and
Tejen rivers. Created in 1941 for the protection of the Badkhyz Plateau ecosystem. Area 877 km2 .
Köpetdag Nature Reserve , in the central part of the
Kopetdag Range (
Ahal Province ). Created in 1976 for the protection of indigenous flora and fauna. Area 497 km2 .
Sünt-Hasardag Nature Reserve , in South-West
Kopetdag (
Balkan Province ). Created in 1977 for the restoration and study of indigenous flora and fauna. Area 303 km2 .
Gaplaňgyr Nature Reserve , at the border with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the north-west (
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 .
Amyderýa Nature Reserve , in the north-east of
Lebap Province on the
Amu Darya . Created in 1982 with an area of 495 km2 .
Köýtendag Nature Reserve (formerly Kugitang Nature Reserve ), at the extreme east of the country, in the
Köýtendag Range (
Lebap Province ). Created in 1986 with an area of 271.4 km2 .
Bereketli Garagum Nature Reserve , created in 2013.
Sanctuaries
Total area of sanctuaries is 11,560 km2 (2.6% of Turkmenistan's territory).
References
Further reading
National Program for the Protection of the Environment , Ashgabat, 2002, pp. 149-151 (in Russian)
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