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    1. hion_8978 on

      Kazakhstan planted 37,000 seedlings and cuttings in South Balkhash last year to prepare for the return of its tigers, which disappeared more than 70 years ago.

      The last of Kazakhstan’s Caspian tigers disappeared in the late 1940s, after years of hunting, habitat loss and declines in prey numbers. Now, the Central Asian country has an ambitious plan to reintroduce the world’s largest cats to their historic lands.

      So far, two captive tigers (a male and a female) are already in Kazakhstan as part of a breeding-and-release project, while the country is expecting its first wild tigers to be transported from Russia in the first half of 2026. However, for the program to be a success, the tigers need plenty of places to live. That’s where an enormous tree-planting project comes in.

      Tree planting is a key part of Kazakhstan’s massive ongoing greening initiative. The country has planted around 1.4 billion trees since 2021, and officials say they are on track to reach 2 billion trees by 2027.

      In South Balkhash, newly planted trees serve as a foundation for recovering ecosystems that sit alongside already-forested lands. The trees provide shelter and water access, as well as food for the tiger’s prey: hooved mammals (ungulates) like boar and Bukhara deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus, also called Bactrian deer).

    4. colepercy120 on

      Kazakhstan has seen first hand the effect of enviromental calamity. Glad to see them working to heal. Hopefully the aral sea can be restored soon…

    6. MapsByCK on

      I love this type of news. I know war and politics produce more ad revenue, but this type if news is so uplifting.

    8. aRadioWithGuts on

      Oh awesome, hadn’t seen this story on the news today for some reason.

    9. The-marx-channel on

      Kazakhstan is one of the few post Soviet states that take the environment seriously. I really appreciate that.

    12. AmbitiousDistrict374 on

      Even if the tigers don’t come back, at least they got some new trees.

    15. Forsaken_Ant7459 on

      Whatever else that might be going on in Kazakhstan, this is great news, great job!

    16. DragonfruitGrand5683 on

      Good on Kazakhstan, more countries need to work on fixing the planet.

    18. trouser_mouse on

      Surely they need to reintroduce tigers to reintroduce tigers, this will just give them thousands of trees

    26. patronising_patronus on

      I know introducing animals back into their natural habitat is a good thing, but if I was the tigers I would be so pissed if I didn’t have to hunt for food or find shelter and suddenly these people release me into the wild and tell me to hunt and do self-sufficient wild tiger things.

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