Astana volunteers intend to turn empty lands into green forests About 50 volunteers are planting oak acorns in empty areas outside the capital. The kitchen volunteer Duskzeev talked about it on the Bugin LIVE program. "We plant 400-500 acorns per trip. Due to the climatic conditions of Astana, only 10-20% of them can germinate. But even this is an excellent result for us," he noted. According to volunteers, more than 20 thousand oak acorns were planted in Astana, Atyro, Aktau and other cities. It was confirmed that at least 100 of them had germinated. Source: Jivek Joly.