Western Tien Shan can be included to UNESCO heritage list
12/10/2013 14:47
Western Tien Shan can be included to UNESCO heritage list
12/10/2013 14:47
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan submitted an application to include reserves of Western Tien Shan to the list of the World natural heritage of the UNESCO, KirTAG news agency reported quoting responsible secretary of national commission of Kyrgyzstan on UNESCO affairs Elnura Korchueva.
Korchueva said that this year the sides submitted application to include trans-boundary nomination “Western Tien Shan” to the list of the World natural heritage of the UNESCO.
The Western Tien-Shan is a transboundary serial nomination including protected nature areas in this mountainous country in three States: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. It consists of Karatau and Aksu-Zhabagly nature reserves and Sayram-Ugam national nature park (Kazakhstan), Sary-Chelek, Besh-Aral and Padysha-Ata nature reserves (Kyrgyzstan) and Chatkal nature reserve (Uzbekistan). They are the most representative and well-preserved territories of the unique nature complex - Western Tien-Shan. Each of these protected areas has its own specific, but at the same time, they are mutually complementary in regards of biodiversity conservation, distinguished landscapes and paleontological occurrences.
Kazakhstan’s part of the nominated property consists of 3 mountainous sites - Specially Protected Nature Areas: 1. Karatau State Nature Reserve (KSNR), situated in the central part of Karatau mountain ridge, which is a branch of north-western bows of Tien-Shan; 2. Aksu-Zhabagly State Nature Reserve (AZSNR), situated in the western part of extremity of Talass Alatau in Western Tien-Shan; 3. Sayram-Ugam State National Nature Park (SUSNNP) borders from the west with AZSNR and includes sites of Talass Alatau ridges (edge western extremities on the joint with Ugam ridge), Ugam Ridge, Karzhantau, Borolday and Kazygurt. AZSNR and SUSNNP merge, forming a single territory, being at the same time separate SPA with in-house administrations.
The territory is situated in the area of harsh continental climate. It is cut in the desert zone, possessing complex geological composition and due to this and evident vertical zonality presents the whole range of mountainous landscapes and ecosystems, as well as transitional, on the attitude of 800-4200 meters above sea level, from xerophytic petrean to low-hill terrain and piedmont steppes to mountainous parkland juniper forest, alpine meadows and nival belt together with rocks, glaciers and moraine lakes. Due to such variety of ecological conditions, the property possesses high biodiversity with high grade of endemism (especially, concerning vegetation).
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