CBCGDF Arid Zone Biodiversity Investigation:Kyzylkum Desert

 On February 18, 2024, the Arid Zone Biodiversity Research Working Group of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation set out from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, and sailed westward into the Kyzylkum Desert to begin biodiversity research.


Qizilqum Desert is called Qizilqum in Uzbek and Qyzylqum in Kazakh. Its desert area is about 300,000 square kilometers, mainly distributed between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, between the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, and is bordered by the Aral Sea in the southeast. This desert is vast and barren, with almost no human habitation for hundreds of kilometers, and only sparse low desert plants growing tenaciously. However, close to Urganch and Khiva, the Amu Darya created an oasis that formed towns and farmland.

 

Starting from the ancient city of Uzbekistan, traveling through the desert and accumulating field data, this expedition aims to investigate and understand the ecological conditions and biodiversity of the Kyzyl Kum Desert, and face the challenges of drought and desertification, to promote the CBCGDF " Research work of the "Arid Area Biodiversity Big Science Plan".

 

Original Chinese Article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ribcU1GlzpbpsfZLxO6XGQ

Translator: Maggie

Editor: Maggie

Checked by: YUJIE     

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