The area of the state forest fund subordinated to the regional akimat is 405.1 thousand hectares, including 229.5 thousand hectares covered with forest. Under the operational management of natural resources and environmental management are 13 forestry institutions, which are concentrated in the administrative territories of 6 districts and 2 cities of the Akmola region. The staff of forestry workers is 516 people.
Reforestation
In 2022, forestry institutions subordinate to the Akimat of Akmola region carried out work on planting trees on an area of 2,845.9 hectares with a plan of 1,280 hectares (implementation 222.3%).
In total, 17.2 million trees were planted during afforestation work, while the plan was 9.3 million trees, taking into account the addition. In order to fulfill the plan for planting forests in the following years, forestry institutions carry out the following work:
In 2022, hardwood forest seeds (more than 11 tons) and pine cones (185 tons collected) were collected and harvested. There are 7 cone dryers, which processed 185 tons of cones and received 1850 kg of pine seeds.
- in the spring of 2022, more than 1 ton of forest seeds were sown in nurseries on an area of 6 hectares (coniferous 383 kg, deciduous 766 kg)
- in autumn 2022, more than 10 tons of forest seeds were sown in nurseries on an area of 37 hectares (coniferous 1,027 kg, deciduous 9,922 kg)
- carry out the collection and preparation of pine cones (processing of pine cones has begun),
There are 11 forest nurseries (4 permanent and 7 temporary) in forestry institutions with a total area of 171 ha. In connection with the increase in the cultivation of planting material, design estimates have been developed for the construction of 2 new permanent forest nurseries with a total area of 86 hectares (61 hectares in the Zerenda district of the Bukpa forestry and 25 hectares in the Atbasar district of the Maralda forestry). In addition, forestry institutions have carried out work to expand and increase the area of temporary nurseries.
In 2022, at the expense of the regional budget, 9 units of passenger cars, 3 units of UAZ vehicles, 2 units of GAZ vehicles, 1 unit of a tract, 5 trailer complexes "Vodoley", 22 units of trailed, mounted and 4 units of high-pressure fire fighting installations (UPVD) Yermak were purchased to forestry institutions.