Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve
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| Location | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan |
Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve (Kazakh: «Іле-Балқаш» мемлекеттік табиғи резерваты) is a wildlife conservation area of southeastern Kazakhstan established in 2018.[1] The reserve, in the Almaty Region, lies within the arid and semi-arid Balkhash-Alakol Basin between Lake Balkhash and the Dzungarian Alatau mountains.
History
Established in 2018, the Kazakh government expanded the reserve in 2026 to a total size of 450,253 hectares. In 2026, wildlife biologists introduced Amur tigers to the reserve as part of the Siberian Tiger Introduction Project to replace the now-extinct Caspian tiger that had lived in this region.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Restoring a tiger landscape: Kazakhstan advances long-term tiger recovery in Ile-Balkhash - NBSAP Accelerator Partnership". 2026-07-21. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Expansion of the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve: A New Stage in Nature Conservation and Tiger Rein". www.wwfcentralasia.org. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Reintroducing Turan Tiger". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2026-08-03.