Uzbekistan
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SPI: 36.65
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, with shoreline along the Aral Sea in the northwest. The terrain is primarily desert, with valleys around the Amu Darya and other rivers. In Uzbekistan most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Challenges to biodiversity include pollution and shrinkage of the Aral Sea; desertification; water pollution; soil salination and pollution from agricultural pesticides and nuclear processing.
10%
of land currently protected
337
total land vertebrate species
0
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Saiga Antelope
1
amphibians / 0 endemic
181
birds / 0 endemic
91
mammals / 0 endemic
64
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
