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Source: Ecology Foundation
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15,200 pine saplings to save Aslykul
A large-scale tree-planting campaign, organized by the Ecology Foundation of the Russian Agricultural Bank (RSHB) in collaboration with the local forestry department and the regional branch of the agricultural bank, concluded in Bashkortostan's Aslykul Nature Park. The campaign consisted of two stages: in mid-October, bank employees planted 8,000 saplings, and later, forest rangers replanted the remaining pine trees. A total of 15,200 coniferous trees were planted across four hectares of the lake's shoreline. The new forest plantings will help restore the park's biological and landscape diversity and play a significant role in combating desertification in the surrounding areas and the drying up of the lake, which is the largest lake in Bashkortostan.
The seedlings were brought from a nursery in the Sverdlovsk region. Pine is a unique coniferous tree: it promotes healthy and clean air, provides shelter and food for numerous animal and bird species, its deep root system anchors the soil on slopes, preventing erosion, regulates water flow, grows quickly, and helps restore ecological balance across a vast area.
The campaign won't be limited to tree planting alone. According to Elmira Morozova, Director of the Ecology Foundation, over the next two years, a contractor, working with the nature park staff, will monitor the survival rate of the saplings and provide the necessary care for the pine trees—everything will be done to ensure a survival rate of at least 80%.
"Such large-scale events have been organized since 2022," says Guzel Gilmanova, director of the Aslykul Nature Park. "We carry out plantings both in the spring and fall, involving a large number of volunteers. This time, we received assistance from the Ecology Foundation of the Agricultural Bank. All of this is being done to preserve the lake. The trees are surviving well. I think in a few years, we'll see a beautiful pine forest here."
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