Flora and fauna of Kazakhstan are very rich. But man is damaging to nature. This affects primarily animals and plants. A large number of species of living creatures are on the verge of extinction. For example, a saiga, which for forty years has been considered the main commercial animal, although it has not yet been listed in the Red Book, it already has the status of a vulnerable species. Currently, the government of Kazakhstan is making enormous efforts and investing considerable resources to restore the saiga population.
Edition
“So what is the Red Book of Kazakhstan?” - you ask. This is a set of various information about plants and animals that are on the verge of extinction due to human intervention.
In 1948, a commission of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) introduced the Red Book of Facts. To create it, it took many years of work in order to collect all the information on endangered species of animals and plants.
Species of animals and birds
All types of animals that are listed in the Red Book are divided into five categories:
- I. Endangered species.
- II. Rare species.
- III. Reduced species.
- IV. Little-studied species, i.e., indefinite.
- V. Reconditioned. These are species that have been successfully saved and are no longer in danger.
Publication Lists
Lists from Red Book categories are printed on paper of different colors. Species from the first item (disappearing) - on red sheets, from the second (rare) - on yellow, from the third (shrinking) - on white, from the fourth (undefined) - on gray, and from the fifth (restored) - on green.
All animals of the Red Book of Kazakhstan, which are in danger, are under state protection. Even the country where one of the species listed in this book lives is required to protect it, and bears great responsibility before all people for the safety of this animal, which is a treasure of nature.
If some kind of animals or birds disappears in the Republic of Kazakhstan, then they are necessarily recorded in a directory called the “Red Book of Kazakhstan”. Plants, which are also facing imminent extinction, are also listed in this publication. This is done in order to have time to help restore the endangered species.
For large animals, special closed reserves are formed, where animal species that are threatened with extinction are imported. Usually these are females and males, they are created habitual conditions for them, where they begin to breed, and thereby replenish their appearance.
Red Book Representatives
Here is a list of several families of animals and birds listed in the Red Book of this republic.
- Families of Hawk, Falcon, Duck, Heron and others.
- Ungulates (gazelles, kulan, argali, deer).
- Predatory (snow leopards, bears, sand cats, manuls).
- Rodents (beavers, woodchucks, jerboas).
- Waterfowl (long-needle hedgehog, desman).
- Waterfowl (pelicans, swans, flamingos, storks).
- Steppe inhabitants (falcons, eagles, cranes, bustards).
This list is by no means the whole, it includes reptiles and fish, various plants and flowers - such as peonies, crocuses, Iridodiktium Kolpakovsky, Slipper present, Orchis slamiform.
Unfortunately, the Red Book of Kazakhstan is annually replenished with new animals, plants and birds that need human help in restoring their species. The first lists were compiled in 1963 by a commission that included scientists from around the world. Currently, such books are in many states.
The Red Book of Kazakhstan was created by a prominent scientific zoologist Sludsky. His works were devoted to the protection of animals of this republic. Listing a living creature in the Red Book is a very bad sign, it encourages taking appropriate measures to protect nature and its inhabitants.
To summarize
Flora of Kazakhstan has about six thousand species of plants, not counting five hundred, which were accidentally brought. Aquatic vegetation is the poorest in the republic. A lot of trees that are on the verge of extinction.
The Red Book of Kazakhstan has more than four hundred species of flowers and plants. Entire programs for the conservation of nature and wildlife are being created in the republic.
There is another problem that local authorities are trying to solve. This is the restoration of the lists of plants, insects, birds and animals that were not included in the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
This must be done so that future generations have at least an idea of the animals that have disappeared and were destroyed by man. After all, as we all know, it is the person who is to blame for these tragedies. Nature needs to be protected, and poachers illegally hunt animals and fish, which are already listed in the Red Books of many countries. There are laws prohibiting the capture of animals in reserves. Therefore, think before committing an action that could harm nature.