Kasakana'Ā ʻO Altyn Emel National Park a Barsakelmes Nature Reserve ua hoʻohui ʻia i ka UNESCO World Heritage List. Ua hana ʻia kēia ma ka lā 20 Kepakemapa ma Riyadh. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka nūhou e ka ʻoihana paʻi a ke Kuhina o ko nā ʻāina ʻē.
Aia ka Altyn Emel National Park ma ka Almaty Region a ma kahi o 250 kilomita mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Almaty. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, aia ka Barsakelmes Nature Reserve ma ka ʻāina Desert Sahara-Gobi i loko o ke kahawai ʻo Aral Sea.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Altyn Emel lāua ʻo Barsakelmes no ke kūlana hoʻoilina o UNESCO ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Cold Winter Deserts o Turan i koho ʻia e Kazakhstan, Tukemenikana, a ʻUsepekikana i ka manawa 45th o ka UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee. Manaʻo ʻo Kazakhstan e hōʻoia kēia ʻike honua i ka pono o ka noiʻi ʻepekema a me nā hana mālama i loko o kona kaiaola wao nahele, e hāpai ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
Aia ka papa inoa o UNESCO i ʻelima mau wahi hou ma Kazakhstan: Mausoleum o Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Tanbaly petroglyphs, Changʻan-Tian-shan Silk Road Corridor, Saryarka – steppe a me nā loko o Northern Kazakhstan, a me Western Tien-Shan.
ʻO Altyn Emel lāua ʻo Barsakelmes kekahi ʻāpana o ka UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
