Bukhara specialized nursery "Jeyran" was organized by the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 1977.
The nursery is located at a distance of 40 km from the city of Bukhara, not far from the city of Kagan. On the territory of the nursery, which stretches on an area of about 5145 hectares, located in the southwestern part of Kyzyl Kum, work is being carried out to breed Bukhara gazelles, deer (hangul), markhor goat (markhor), Bukhara mountain sheep, Prezhevalsky horses. Over the past two years, the population of gazelles alone has grown by 67 percent.
As a specialized nursery for raising animals, they are exported to other countries. The Ecological Center is of great importance for the conservation of birds. In 2008, it was awarded the international status of Key Bird Areas.
A special attraction of the center is saxaul groves, tugai thickets, unique plants of salt marshes and takyrs, rarely where in the world can you find such tall main desert trees, some of them are more than 45 years old. Their seeds serve as planting material. A unique landscape has been created here, there are few places where you can find a combination of two natural zones - tugai thickets and a sandy desert. Another feature is that on the territory of the nursery, which is located at the bottom of the ancient dry sea of Tethys, the whole variety of flora and fauna of the Kyzyl Kum desert is represented.
In the southern part of the nursery, there is a lake complex consisting of 4 lakes of varying degrees of salinity.
The world of insects is rich and diverse with more than 300 species of invertebrates, of which 6 are included in the Red Book of Uzbekistan.
A wide variety of fish, amphibians and reptiles are found in the lakes. You can also watch over 300 species of birds, some of which are included in the International and Red Book of Uzbekistan.
In "Jeyran" tourists can admire the proud Hangul Bambi. The Bukhara deer, which is thirteen years old, has been bred in the nursery since 2009. In 2017, two females brought from the Zarafshan reserve in the Samarkand region were added to it.
It should also be noted that the great interest of scientists around the world in this object. It is not in vain that various scientific international and national expeditions, consisting of scientists from the USA, Russia, Poland, France and Japan, were carried out on the territory of the Ecocenter.
The Ecocenter has gathered a literally unique team of 32 workers, most of whom have been working here for 25 years or more, who care for the animal kingdom of the nursery.
Every year the nursery is visited by more than 1.5 thousand tourists from many parts of the world, including the USA, Switzerland, Belgium, France, and Russia.
The nursery is a fascinating place with its varied animals and unique flora that will please visitors.
Address: Bukhara region, 200700, Kagan city, GSP.
Phone: + 99893 6839381
Head: Boltaev Shavkat Sharofovich
Tel: +99894 6532281, +99894 5400307
Deputy for Science: Urinov Bakhtiyor
Tel: +99891 4185565
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