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Wetlands of Central Asia

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan implement the Ramsar Convention together: they keep records of wetlands, share experience and speak in international dialogues as one region.

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Wetlands on the map

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance that countries have included in the Ramsar Convention list and committed to conserve. Potential sites are being prepared for inclusion.

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Map of Ramsar and potential wetlands of Central Asia Amu Darya floodplain Er-Adzhi Sanctuary Kelif-Zeyid system Lake Ashchikul Lake Sarykamysh Lake Sarykamysh Talimarjan Reservoir Tallymerdzhen Sanctuary Turkmen Bay Alakol-Sasykkol lake system Aydar-Arnasay lake system Chatyr-Kul Issyk-Kul State Nature Reserve with Lake Issyk-Kul Kayrakkum Reservoir Koibagar-Tyuntyugur lakes Kulykol-Taldykol lake system Lake Dengizkul Lake Karakul Lake Son-Kol Lake Zhiltyrbas Lake Zorkul Lakes Shorkul and Rangkul Lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz rivers Lower reaches of the Panj River Naurzum lake system Small Aral Sea and Syr Darya delta Southern Lake Balkhash and the Ili River delta Sudochye lake system Tengiz-Korgalzhyn lake system Tudakul and Kuyumazar reservoirs Turkmenbashi Bay Ural River delta and adjacent Caspian Sea coast Zharsor-Urkash lake system
24 Ramsar sites 9 potential Open the detailed map
Uzbekistan 5 Ramsar sites,
4 potential Kazakhstan 10 Ramsar sites Kyrgyzstan 3 Ramsar sites Tajikistan 5 Ramsar sites Turkmenistan 1 Ramsar site,
5 potential

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29 October 2026

В Астане состоится ежегодное заседание Рамсарской Региональной Инициативы Центральной Азии
25 September 2026

Начало разработки Региональной Рамсарской стратегии Центральной Азии при поддержке GIZ и MSF
19 August 2026Tajikistan

Развитие сотрудничества РРИ-ЦА и CACN по сохранению Центрально-Азиатского пролётного пути
21 June 2026Kazakhstan

Участие РРИ-ЦА в XIV международном экологическом фестивале «Крылья Алаколя – 2026»
Participants of an RRI-CA meeting

About the initiative

The Ramsar Regional Initiative for Central Asia (RRI-CA) strengthens cooperation among five countries in implementing the Ramsar Convention and its Strategic Plan for 2025–2034 at national and regional levels.

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Objectives of the initiative

  • Serve as a link between the RRI-CA parties, other parties and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat
  • Maintain a regional information platform on implementing the Convention in Central Asia
  • Develop joint work with national, regional and international organisations that work on wetland conservation
  • Tell the public why wetlands matter and what is needed to conserve them
  • Regularly exchange knowledge and experience within the region and with other regions of the world
  • Help countries speak as a single region in international dialogue on nature conservation
  • Carry out an inventory of key wetlands and maintain regional databases
  • Develop common methods for monitoring Ramsar and potential sites and for assessing their ecosystem services and economic value

Documents

Work plans, Ramsar Convention forms, national reports and materials for the public.

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