In the south-east of Turkmenistan, between the Tejen and Murgab rivers, the Badkhyz reserve extends, rich in its unique flora and fauna. “Bad” means wind, and “khiz” means birth, that is, the place where winds are born. They say that there are windy weather here 120 days a year. Spring here is short, summer is very hot and dry, autumn is cool, and winter is severe. The flora and fauna of Badkhyz adapted to the local climate is rarely found elsewhere.

The territory of the reserve is divided into conventionally designated pistachio forest, desert steppe and depressions.

The dunes of the Abadan valley, the plants and hills of the Pinhan valley, the old pistachio trees of the Kepele valley, especially the 800-year-old pistachio tree, the Garadash rock towering a thousand meters above sea level, rare wild flowers - will enchant travelers who come here.

Two species of amphibians, thirty-nine species of reptiles, two hundred and fifty species of birds and about forty species of mammals are protected in the reserve. In addition, it has been established that about one thousand three hundred species of invertebrates live here. More than 50 species of the reserve's fauna are listed in the Red Book of Turkmenistan. Some of them, including kulans, are listed in the Red Book of the International Organization for Conservation of Nature. Badkhyz is one of the most significant nature reserves in the world.

The Badkhyz reserve has the status of a research institution. Turkmen and foreign scientists have written thousands of articles and scientific monographs about the natural complexes of the reserve, about fifty candidate and doctoral works.

Measures to protect the environment and improve the ecological state, provided for in the state programs of Turkmenistan, have turned the unique natural charms of Badkhyz into an endless treasury.