Most of my card swaps are via postcrossing, both the official site and the forum but every now and then, if I see a nice offer on FB I might give it a shot. Igor was offering a few cards and the UNESCO symbol caught my attention. Western Tien-Shien was the last WHS I was still mising from Uzbekistan, so I contacted Igor. In return of a church card from Malta, I got this nice card from a new UNESCO site to my collection.
Western Tien-Shan is a transnational site located in the Tien-Shan mountain system, one of the largest mountain ranges in the world. It spans over three countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
On 17 July 2016, (...) Western Tien-Shan was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List to protect its biodiversity.
The nominated property includes (...) Chatkal Biosphere Reserve, located in the Republic of Uzbekistan. - in: https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/western-tien-shan-declared-world-heritage-site
Photo by Pavel Fedorovich
Ugam-Chatkal is the state national wild nature park, created in 1992 by reorganization of Chatkal biosphere reserve. It is located at Chatkal ridges of Western Tien-Shan, encompassing Akhangaran, Brichmulla and Chirchik lumber reserves, and has a total area of 668350 hectares, which makes it the largest nature protection complex in Uzbekistan. The National park was created to protect Tien-Shan highland woods and unique ecosystem, inhabited by multiple rare and endangered species of animals and plants. - in: http://www.centralasia-adventures.com/en/sights/ugam_chatkal_national_park.html
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