Forestry Workers ' Day

Forestry Workers ' Day

By the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 31, 2017 No. 689" on approval of the list of holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan", the day of the forestry worker is established on Sunday, October 3. In addition, during the study of documents in the funds of the regional archive, Kyzylorda forestry in 1934, kazalinsky, Kyzylorda and Shieli Forestry plots were separated from the former South Kazakhstan Agricultural Farms with an area of 6,620,358 hectares. Currently, the total area of land of the State Forest Fund in the region is 6.5 million hectares, of which 3.07 million hectares are forested. 545 employees of the forestry sector are engaged in forest protection, protection and reproduction. There are 8 state institutions for the protection of forest and Wildlife, subordinate to the Kyzylorda Regional Department of Natural Resources and environmental management. In 2019, 11,334 hectares of forest planting are being carried out on the lands of the State Forest Fund, including 6,300 hectares of land on the drained bottom of the Aral Sea. In order to increase the size of the forest in 2019, 22.6 hectares of temporary nurseries for growing tree seedlings are being organized.