Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area, Economy), References and Links
Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Uzbekistan and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Threatened species: 1996: 7 (IUCN 1996); 2000: 9 (IUCN 2000)
Uzbekistan contains portions of the Middle Asian Mountains Temperate Forests and the Central Asian Sandy Deserts Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Population in 1995: 22,694,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 50.8 people/sq km (131.5 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 23,784,321 (World
Almanac 1999)
Area: 447,001 sq km (172,588 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $978 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $2,430 (World Almanac 1999)
References: IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Uzbekistan): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Uzbekistan: U.S. Agency for International Development: Uzbekistan
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