Shymkent ethnopark is 90 percent coniferous. These pines are already 10 years old. However, they did not survive last winter. As it turned out, they are all from the selection variety “Eldar”, imported from Uzbekistan. It is considered to be resistant to heat, but could not withstand frost.
Roza Baisarieva, biologist:
– This species was obtained as a result of selection of the Crimean pine. It doesn’t fit our needs. Cheap grade, as you can see, and the quality corresponds to the price. This is an omission of specialists from the Office for the Development of a Comfortable Environment. They had to keep track of what variety of seedlings the winners of the tender were going to supply.
More than 70 thousand coniferous trees have been planted in the city. Ten thousand of them began to languish. Specialists are trying to save them. But 700 pines will have to be cut down.
Abilkhayir Ongar, Deputy Head of the Department for the Development of a Comfortable Environment:
– A five-year public-private partnership agreement was concluded with the contractor. He also made investments and is ready at his own expense to restore a pine forest of 700 trees that withered due to frost.
This year it is planned to plant another 200,000 young seedlings. But this time, landscapers promise to choose more frost-resistant varieties.
Author: Nursultan Mukhamedzhan, Samat Nagashbekuly