PROGREEN Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project

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As a part of the Global Partnership for Sustainable and Resilient Landscapes Program, the PROGREEN trust fund approved the total amount of US$2 million allocation for Kazakhstan. The 5-year PROGREEN program is expected to target highly degraded border terrestrial ecosystems focusing on forests and protected areas, and degraded rangeland landscapes used for agriculture in high poverty induced transboundary areas in South Kazakhstan. The project is processed as a separate project, but is a natural follow on from the GEF RESILAND project (P171577) and uses existing implementation arrangements. PROGREEN RESILAND project activities will support capacity building for the forestry organizations in the Aksu Zhabagly and Karatau State Natural Reserves in South Kazakhstan by improving monitoring for biodiversity conservation and supporting small infrastructure for eco-tourism, piloting agro-forestry practices in the territories adjacent to protected areas, and promoting restoration and preservation of the unique collection of plants and revival of arboretum at the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Forestry.