Ereimentau is located 150 km far from Astana, the capital of the country. Chembulak river is an important vital artery of the city. For the past years a strong pollution and a shallowing of the river took place. Auto purification does not occur because of infringement of natural biological processes. One of the reasons of the disaster is a very poor ecological culture level of the local community. Because of social and economic problems local community?s concern about environmental situation is rather low. To waken public ecological consciousness it?s necessary to attract people attention to the problems through realization of informational campaigns.

Project aim:
Rehabilitate Chembulak river functioning and assist nature conservation and restoration of the Black alder near the river.

Project tasks:
The project is directed on attraction of public attention to the issue of the Chembulak river conservation and restoration through realization of a number of nature-protecting activities like alder planting, springs and banks of the river cleaning; local authorities, business, NGOs, community, mass-media actively involved into the project activities; actions, seminars arranged, booklets, posters, leaflets distributed.

Project results:
- A video film created and demonstrated
- More than 400 volunteers involved into the project activity
- 4 springs cleaned
- Over 10km of the river bank cleared
- 300 willow saplings will be planted along coast of the river Chembulak