Environmental protection is taking center stage. Environmental investments are growing in Kazakhstan. Since the beginning of the year, they have amounted to nearly 108 billion tenge (US$253 million). This is 16.5 percent more than the year before. According to ‘finprom.kz’, the growth of this indicator has been observed for the fifth year in a row. Just over half of the investments in the sector are in Zhambyl and Aktobe regions. Significant investments have also been made in Nur-Sultan city and Atyrau region. The least funds were directed to Almaty city and Turkistan region.
Translation by Assem Zhanmukhanova
Editing by Galiya Khassenkhanova