Zerafshan State Reserve, Uzbekistan

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Organized in 1975 in Samarkand region. Area: 2352 hectares, 868 of them covered by wood, 725 not covered by wood. The Reserve is a narrow strip stretching along the Zerafshan River for as long as 45 km.
Objective of reserve is the protection and restoring of tugai ecosystem and in particular saving of sea-buckthorn and population of rare subspecies of Zerafshan pheasant, the number of which in 1995 has reached 4000. Protection staff - 8 inspectors.

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