Chust natural monument

Chust nature monument — located in the Olmos massif area of Chust district, Namangan region, is a nature monument, and its total land area is 8,114 ga (81.14 km2; 31.33 sq mi). The southern part of the area is at an altitude of 742 meters above sea level, the northern part at 779 meters, the eastern part at 764 meters, and the western part at 774 meters.

Establishment

The establishment of the Chust nature monument — was carried out on the initiative of the Central Asian Institute for Plant Protection, based on the decision No. 65/5 of the Namangan administration (as well as the executive committee of the Namangan region soviet) dated August 19, 1990. For the purpose of protecting agricultural crops, an entomology reserve and a garden area were created, and from the area of the Lenin kolkhoz (now Olmos) of Chust district, a land area of 959 ga (9.59 km2; 3.70 sq mi) was allocated according to the conditions defined in the decision No. II-5/15 of the Chust district soviet dated August 31, 1990.

Land area

The total area of the natural monument is 959 ga (9.59 km2; 3.70 sq mi), of which 2,369 ga (23.69 km2; 9.15 sq mi) are crop lands with heavy waterlogging, 1,021 ga (10.21 km2; 3.94 sq mi) are abandoned and inefficiently used orchards, 118 ga (1.18 km2; 0.46 sq mi) are part of a ditch, 298 ga (2.98 km2; 1.15 sq mi) are roads, 031 ga (0.31 km2; 0.12 sq mi) are lands occupied by construction, and 4,277 ga (42.77 km2; 16.51 sq mi) are lands not used in agriculture.

The purpose of establishing this area is to create an entomological reserve. This site serves as a stock of beneficial insects, whose movement during the vegetation period is organized to increase the yield of cotton, vegetable and field crops as well as orchard trees and to combat pests there. Currently, the multi‑branch “Mahmudobod” farm enterprise has been using this area for horticulture and vegetable cultivation.