On March 7, 2022, the Corporate Fund "Biodiversity Conservation Fund of Kazakhstan" signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the implementation of the grant project "Pilot project on inventory of unaccounted forests in Kostanay and North Kazakhstan regions and automation of information collection on forestry” with the financial support of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFOCO).

Within the framework of the project, it is planned to conduct an inventory of unaccounted forests in Kostanay and North Kazakhstan regions, as well as develop a fully functional digital program (software) for forest data management.

At the moment, the Project Management Group has already been formed and actions have been taken to implement the initial project activities.