Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP
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Darqad,.Imam.Sahib,.North-western.<strong>Afghanistan</strong>.<br />
<strong>and</strong>. Registan. Desert. were. all. proposed. as.<br />
unspecified.protected.areas.by.Sayer.<strong>and</strong>.van.<br />
der.Zon.(1981)..No.further.efforts.have.been.made.<br />
to.designate.these.as.protected.areas.<br />
The. World. Database. <strong>of</strong>. Protected. Areas. also.<br />
lists. Zadran,. Bamiyan. National. Heritage,. <strong>and</strong>.<br />
Khulm. L<strong>and</strong>mark. as. protected. areas. based.<br />
on. a. letter. from. Dr.. Tahir. Enayat. in. 1990.. No.<br />
justification.was.provided.in.the.letter..Bamiyan.<br />
<strong>and</strong>. Khulm. are. likely. <strong>of</strong>. more. cultural. interest.<br />
than.environmental..<br />
Two. areas. (Small. Pamir. <strong>and</strong>. Waghjir. Valley).<br />
have. been. proposed. as. protected. areas. by.<br />
the. Wildlife. Conservation. Society,. but. do. not.<br />
appear. in. the. World. Database. <strong>of</strong>. Protected.<br />
Areas..<br />
A. description. <strong>of</strong>. 12. <strong>of</strong>. the. 15. protected. areas.<br />
contained. in. the. World. Database. <strong>of</strong>. Protected.<br />
Areas. is. given. below.. The. apparently. cultural.<br />
areas. proposed. by. Enayat. (1990). are. not.<br />
shown.. Figure. 4. (p.36). shows. the. location. <strong>and</strong>.<br />
approximate.boundaries.<strong>of</strong>.proposed.protected.<br />
areas..<br />
Table.11. <strong>UNEP</strong>-WCMC’s.World.Database.on.Protected.Areas.Information.on.<strong>Afghanistan</strong>’s.Protected.Areas<br />
Name Desig-<br />
nation<br />
B<strong>and</strong>-i-<br />
Amir<br />
National<br />
Park<br />
Ajar Valley National<br />
Park<br />
Ab-i-<br />
Estada<br />
National<br />
Park<br />
Nursitan National<br />
Park<br />
Ab-i-<br />
Estada<br />
Dasht-i-<br />
Nawar<br />
Hamun-i-<br />
Puzak<br />
Kol-i-<br />
Hashmat<br />
Khan<br />
Waterfowl<br />
Sanctuary<br />
Waterfowl<br />
Sanctuary<br />
Waterfowl<br />
Sanctuary<br />
Waterfowl<br />
Sanctuary<br />
Ajar Valley Wildlife<br />
Reserve<br />
IUCN<br />
CAT<br />
Min<br />
Elev<br />
(m)<br />
Max<br />
Elev<br />
(m)<br />
II 2900 3832 34° 52’<br />
40”N<br />
(34.878°)<br />
2000 3800 35° 21’<br />
21”N<br />
(35.356°)<br />
1900 2100 32° 28’<br />
58”N<br />
(32.483°)<br />
4876 6293 36° 34’<br />
43”N<br />
(32.483°)<br />
IV 1950 2100 32° 28’<br />
58”N<br />
(32.483°)<br />
IV 3200 3210 33° 49’<br />
48”N<br />
(33.830°)<br />
IV 1620 1731 31° 29’<br />
44”N<br />
(31.496°)<br />
IV 1792 1974 34° 30’N<br />
(34.500°)<br />
IV 2000 3800 35° 21’<br />
21”N<br />
(35.356°)<br />
Latitude Longitude Udvardy<br />
Province<br />
67° 16’<br />
51”E<br />
(67.281°)<br />
67° 19’<br />
17”E<br />
(67.322°)<br />
67° 56’<br />
14”E<br />
(67.937°)<br />
70° 50’<br />
16”E<br />
(70.838°)<br />
67° 56’<br />
14”E<br />
(67.937°)<br />
67° 45’E<br />
(67.750°)<br />
61° 42’<br />
55”E<br />
(61.715°)<br />
69° 11’<br />
59”E<br />
(69.200°)<br />
67° 19’<br />
17”E<br />
(67.322°)<br />
Anatolian-<br />
Iranian<br />
Desert (20)<br />
Hindu Kush<br />
Highl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
(37)<br />
Anatolian-<br />
Iranian<br />
Desert (20)<br />
Himalayan<br />
Highl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
(38)<br />
Anatolian-<br />
Iranian<br />
Desert (20)<br />
Anatolian-<br />
Iranian<br />
Desert (20)<br />
Iranian<br />
Desert (24)<br />
Anatolian-<br />
Iranian<br />
Desert (20)<br />
Hindu Kush<br />
Highl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
(37)<br />
Biome Event Area<br />
(ha)<br />
Coldwinter<br />
deserts<br />
(08)<br />
Mixed<br />
mountain<br />
systems<br />
(12)<br />
Coldwinter<br />
deserts<br />
(08)<br />
Mixed<br />
mountain<br />
systems<br />
(12)<br />
Coldwinter<br />
deserts<br />
(08)<br />
Coldwinter<br />
deserts<br />
(08)<br />
Coldwinter<br />
deserts<br />
(08)<br />
Coldwinter<br />
deserts<br />
(08)<br />
Mixed<br />
mountain<br />
systems<br />
(12)<br />
Designated<br />
1 January<br />
1973<br />
41,000<br />
Proposed 40,000<br />
Proposed 27,000<br />
Proposed<br />
Designated<br />
1 January<br />
1977<br />
Designated<br />
20<br />
December<br />
1977<br />
Designated<br />
1 January<br />
1973<br />
Designated<br />
1 January<br />
1973<br />
Designated<br />
1 January<br />
1978<br />
Data<br />
Source<br />
3 An Output <strong>of</strong> the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment<br />
27000<br />
7500<br />
35,000<br />
191<br />
40,000
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