The number of citizens participating in environmental volunteering initiatives is growing in Kazakhstan. In 2025, over 60,000 people took part in environmental volunteering, El.kz reports citing the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information.
By comparison, over 40,000 Kazakhstanis participated in environmental volunteering in 2024. The increase in volunteer numbers reflects growing public interest in environmental protection and environmental initiatives.
Environmental projects implemented in Kazakhstan
Since 2025, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the grant-funded project Green Steppe: Environmental Awareness at Every Step has been implemented as part of the nationwide Taza Kazakhstan campaign.
The project has included expert-led webinars attended by over 300 people from all regions of the country. A specialised educational course has also been developed and completed by approximately 1,000 environmental activists.
Since the beginning of 2026, over 2,000 volunteers have participated in project activities. This year, a study entitled Environmental Volunteering in Kazakhstan – 2026 is also planned to assess the current state and future prospects of environmental volunteering.
Tree Planting and Clean-Up Campaigns
Large-scale environmental initiatives continue to be implemented across Kazakhstan. As part of the 10 Green Days environmental challenge, over 2,000 participants completed ten environmental tasks each.
Under the Young Tree campaign, more than 10,000 volunteers and business representatives planted over 300,000 trees across five national parks and nature reserves.
More than 50 field monitoring visits have been conducted under the Eco-Monitoring project. In addition, over 4,000 people took part in cleaning up 22 sites as part of the international World Cleanup Day campaign.
Participants in the Caspian Sea Action Week – 2026 environmental initiative cleaned up three coastal areas, collecting more than three tonnes of waste.
Volunteers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan join forces to help the Aral Sea region
An intl volunteer week entitled GREEN ARAL is currently taking place in the Kyzylorda Region. The event brings together 100 volunteers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
The initiative aims to restore the ecosystem of the Aral Sea region and coordinate efforts by volunteers from neighbouring countries to address the region’s environmental challenges.
The Ministry of Culture and Information noted that the development of environmental volunteering is taking on particular importance ahead of 2026, which the United Nations has declared the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development.
