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

Sanctuaries

Total area of sanctuaries is 11,560 km2 (2.6% of Turkmenistan's territory).

References

  1. "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)
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