The Ministry of Ecology of Uzbekistan reports that it has participated in the compilation of data on the country’s aged and relict trees for inclusion in the international list of MonumentalTrees.com.
MonumentalTrees.com is an electronic record of perennial, rare, and unique tree species of international importance located throughout the world, aimed to protect and promote national natural heritage sites.
Species found in Uzbekistan currently listed on MonumentalTrees.com. include: Eastern Biota (1500 years’ old) in the Forish district of Jizzakh ; Sycamore ( over 1160 years’ old) in the Urgut district of the Samarkand; Juniper ( over 1000 years’ old), Hazel ( over 800 years’ old) and Sycamore (around 600 years’ old) in the Bostanlyk district of Tashkent , as well as Sycamore (some 900 years’ old) in the village of Sayrob in the Boysun district of Surkhandarya; Sycamore (over 750 years’ old) in the territory of the Dorus-Saodat Memorial Complex in the city of Shakhrisabz in Kashkadarya , and a Boboyongok Hazel tree (about 700 years’ old) in the Zomin national nature park in Jizzakh .
Uzbekistan is the first Central Asian country and the third among the CIS republics to register its natural heritage species in this international list. Perennial trees located in Russia and Azerbaijan are also included.
