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Central Asia.Pmd World Heritage Thematic Study for Central Asia A Regional Overview Prepared by Dr Chris Magin for IUCN Programme on Protected Areas Maps prepared by UNEP-WCMC August 2005 Photo: Steppe, Tersek, Kazakhstan by Dr Leslie F. Molloy/IUCN 2002 Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1. Background to the Review .................................................................................................. 3 1.2. Criteria for listing Natural WH Sites .................................................................................... 3 1.3. The current Natual and Mixed WH Network ........................................................................ 4 2. Overview of Natural World Heritage in Central Asia ....................................................................... 7 2.1. Current Situation of World Heritage Sites ........................................................................... 7 2.2. Outstanding Universal Value in Central Asia ....................................................................... 7 2.2.1. Natural Phenomenen and aethsthetic importance .................................................... 7 2.2.2. Ecosystems ............................................................................................................ 7 2.2.3. Biodversity .............................................................................................................. 11 2.3. Central Asia’s Protected Area Network ............................................................................. 13 2.3.1. Nationally designated PAs ..................................................................................... 13 2.3.2. Internationally designated PAs ............................................................................... 14 3. Identification of sites that may meet nomination for World Heritage Listing................................. 17 3.1. Full description of Sites with higher potential for meeting WH Criteria .............................. 20 3.1.1. Badkhyz (Turkmenistan) ........................................................................................ 20 3.1.2. Tigrovaya Balka (Tajikistan) .................................................................................... 22 3.1.3. Saryarka : Steppes and lakes of Northern Kazakhstan .......................................... 24 3.1.4. Extension of Golden Mountain of Altai into Kazakhstan ......................................... 28 3.1.5. Western Tien Shan (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan) ................................... 30 3.1.6. Northern Tien Shan (Kazakhstan) .......................................................................... 32 4. Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 35 List of Acronyms .............................................................................................................................. 37 Bibliography .............................................................................................................................. 39 Appendices Appendix I: Criteria for inclusion of properties in the WH List .................................................... 43 Appendix II: Maps ..................................................................................................................... 45 Appendix III: IUCN Red List Taxa in Central Asia ........................................................................ 51 Appendix IV:Sample text of email sent to experts...................................................................... 59 Appendix V: Summary / Recommendations of Almaty Meeting .................................................. 61 Executive Summary The five Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are all States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. To date (August 2005) no World Heritage sites have been inscribed for their natural values in this region. This report was commissioned by IUCN’s Programme on Protected Areas and financed by the World Heritage Fund in response to a request from the World Heritage Committee (27th session, 2003). A literature review was carried out and consultation with regional experts and members of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) to identify a limited number of sites which may have potential for natural World Heritage status from among almost three hundred protected areas in Central Asia. A number of potential sites had been suggested by various experts and from a review of the literature. These sites were objectively considered and subject of a desk review evaluation based on available information at the time of this study. The six areas considered having potential for nomination as natural World Heritage sites (Badkhyz, Tigrovaya Balka, Saryarka, Golden Mountains of Altai in Kazakhstan, Western Tien Shan and Northern Tien Shan) are described and provisional justifications are outlined. It is important to note however that issues associated to the Conditions of Integrity have not been assessed in this report and would need to be the subject of further review in line with the Operational Guidelinesof the World Heritage Committee. It is also important to stress that results and recommendations from this study will not compromise the outcomes of IUCN Secretariat’s independent technical evaluation of nominations of any future nominations from the region. World Heritage Thematic Study for Central Asia - August 2005 1 1. Introduction 1.1 Background to the Review In 1994 the World Heritage (WH) Committee adopted a Global Strategy for a balanced and representative WH List, with the aim of ensuring that the List reflected the world’s cultural and natural diversity of “Outstanding Universal Value”. Various conferences and workshops to develop and refine the overall strategy on a regional basis have since been held in Africa, the Pacific, the Middle East and Arabia, the Andes, the Caribbean, Central Asia and South-East Asia. In addition since 1996 IUCN - in collaboration with the WH Centre, UNEP- WCMC and the Ramsar Secretariat - have produced a series of thematic studies, providing overview assessments of major themes relating to natural sites. These have included the following: • The Earth’s Geological History (Wells 1996)*1 • Wetland and Marine Areas (Thorsell et al. 1997)*2 • Tropical Forests (CIFOR et al. 1999) • Forests (Thorsell and Sigaty 1997a)*3 • Human Use of World Heritage Natural Sites (Thorsell and Sigaty 1997b)*4 • Biodiversity (Gillet et al. 1998)*5 • A Global Overview of Protected Areas on the World Heritage List of Particular Importance for Biodiversity (Smith, Jakubowska and May 2000) • Karst Sites in the Asia-Pacific (Wong et al. 2001) • Tropical Marine, Coastal and Small Island Ecosystems (Green et al. 2001) • Review of Natural Sites included in the World Heritage List and Tentative Lists (Thorsell 2002). • Mountain Ecosystems (Thorsell and Hamilton 2002)*6 • Review of the World Heritage Network: Biogeography, Habitats and Biodiversity (Magin and Chape 2004). Note: Papers marked * and numbered 1-6 are part of a series entitled “Contributions to the Global Theme Study of World Heritage Natural Sites”. A UNESCO regional workshop on “Possibilities of Nominations on World Natural and Mixed Heritage in Central Asia” was held at the National Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan from 16-18 December 2002. The 40 participants included experts from the five Central Asian countries and international experts. One of the recommendations from the workshop was the need for an independent review of potential natural WH sites in Central Asia. Subsequently, Decision 27 COM 8C.6 of the 27th meeting of the WH Committee in Paris in June / July 2003 noted, as requested by IUCN, the need to undertake a thematic study for Central Asia, partly to address the question of the OUV of the proposed Saryarka - Steppes and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan WH site (WHC 2003). This review was subsequently contracted by IUCN. 1.2 Criteria for Listing Natural WH Sites For a site to be included on the WH List, the WH Committee must find that it is of “Outstanding Universal Value”. For sites nominated as natural or mixed sites, this means that the site must meet one or more of the following criteria (Operational Guidelines, February 2005): (vii) contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance; (viii) be outstanding examples representing major stages of the Earth’s history, including the record of life, significant ongoing geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features; (ix) be outstanding examples representing significant ongoing ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals; (x) contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. World Heritage Thematic Study for Central Asia - August 2005 3 In addition to fulfilling one or more of
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