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Biodiversity Conservation
Specially protected natural areas
  • The Novinsky State Reserve
  • North Caspian Preserved Area
  • Ustyurt Reserve
  • Kenderli-Kayasan State Reserve Zone
  • State Complex Nature Reserve Kokzhide – Kumzhargan

The Novinsky State Reserve with an area of 45.0 thousand hectares was founded in 1967 on the islands of the same name and a water area to protect wetlands in the eastern part of the Volga Delta on the border of Kazakhstan and Russia. Rare species of plants are protected in the reserve: water chestnut, hindu lotus, astrakhan campion, white water lily, as well as spicies of animal world: muskrat, river beaver, long-tailed hedgehog, 27 species of birds (pink and curly pelicans, flamingos, whooper swan, small white heron, yellow heron, spoonbill, white-eyed duck, etc.). Currently, the territory of the reserve is almost completely under water due to rising sea levels.

North Caspian water zone is unique in terms of the biological and commercial value of the ichthyofauna, especially the sturgeon species. The Northern and Middle Caspian are one of the most valuable areas and nodal points of the annual migration of millions of waterfowl and near-water birds, and places of winter bedding and breeding of seals. At the end of the 70s, for the conservation and reproduction of fish stocks of the Caspian Sea, the Northern Caspian protected area was approved and organized.
The impact of production on biodiversity is associated with exploration works and includes noise, vibration, traffic, land relief transformation, and taking the area of the possible habitat of animals.
To reduce the impact on biodiversity, environmental monitoring is mandatory in accordance with programs approved by the authorized body in the field of environmental protection.

Ustyurt Reserve is included in the List of subsoil areas of special ecological, scientific, and cultural value, classified as specially protected natural areas of republican significance. Kendirli Spring is included in the list of hydrogeological objects of the state natural reserve fund of republican and international significance. The Ustyurt Reserve includes unique geological, paleontological, and archaeological sites, it is a key habitat for a number of species listed in the Red Books of various levels (goitered gazelle, urial, caracal, saker falcon, golden eagle, eagle owl, jack, etc.). In addition, this area is to be given the status of a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. In accordance with the environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, status of State Nature Reserve allows the introduction of reserve status with complete prohibition of economic activity.

Near the Ustyurt Reserve, there is the Kenderli-Kayasan State Reserve Zone, on the territory of which geological study and exploration of minerals are allowed taking into account special environmental requirements established by the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

There are two objects of natural reserved fund of the republican significance on the territory of the reserve Kokzhide-Kumzhargan: Kokzhide sands and Kokzhide groundwaters. The Kokzhide sands are a geological object of republican significance, which is of special ecological and scientific value. The sands are the reservoir of a unique underground water deposit;
The groundwater of the Kokzhide deposit is a hydrogeological object of special ecological and scientific value, as the largest groundwater deposit in Western Kazakhstan and unique in terms of the quality of drinking water