Conservancy areas of Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, there are 25 specially protected areas, including 10 nature reserves and 11 national parks. These environmental institutions owned by the state.

• Aksu-Zhabagly State Nature Reserve
• Almaty State Natural Reserve
• Naurzum State Nature Reserve
• Barsakelmessky State Nature Reserve
• Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve
• Markakolsky State Nature Reserve
• Ustyurt State Nature Reserve
• West-Altai State Nature Reserve
• Alakol State Nature Reserve
• Karatau State Nature Reserve

No.	Picture	Name	Date of establishment	Area, ha	Region
1		Aksu-Zhabagly State Nature Reserve	1926	131,934	South Kazakhstan Region and Jambyl Region
2		Almaty State Natural Reserve	1931	71,700	Almaty Region
3		Naurzum State Nature Reserve	1931	191,381	Kostanay Region
4		Barsakelmessky State Nature Reserve	1939	160,826	Kyzylorda Region
5		Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve	1968	543,171	Akmola Region and Karaganda region
6		Markakolsky State Nature Reserve	1976	102,979	East Kazakhstan Region
7		Ustyurt State Nature Reserve	1984	223,342	Mangystau Region
8		West-Altai State Nature Reserve	1992	86,122	East Kazakhstan Region
9		Alakol State Nature Reserve	1998	65,217.9	East Kazakhstan Region and East Kazakhstan Region
10		Karatau State Nature Reserve	2004	34,300	South Kazakhstan Region