In 2023, forestry institutions subordinate to the akimat of the Akmola region plan to plant trees on an area of 1950 hectares. with a planted quantity of 11.5 million trees.
In order to fulfill the plan for planting forests in the following years, forestry institutions carry out the following work:
- in 2022-2023, they collected and harvested hardwood forest seeds (more than 11 tons), and pine cones (collected 237 tons). There are 7 cone dryers, which processed 237 tons of cones and received 2370 kg of pine seeds.
- 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)
- completed processing of pine cones 2370 kg.
There are 11 forest nurseries (4 permanent and 7 temporary) in forestry institutions with a total area of 171 ha. Due to the increase in the volume of cultivation of planting material, design estimates for the construction of 2 new permanent forest nurseries were developed, the budget application was sent to the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife for the implementation of the project from the republican budget, with a total area of 86 hectares (61 hectares in the Zerenda district FDA "Bukpa" and 25 hectares in the Atbasar district "Maralda FDA"). In addition, forestry institutions have carried out work to expand and increase the area of temporary nurseries.