Kazakhstan is among the top three in the world in terms of reclaimed land area.
According to the first global report of the United Nations Nature's Comeback, prepared by FAO, UNEP and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Kazakhstan was ranked third in the world in terms of land restoration. The work covers 8.13 million dunams, which is about 3% of the country's area.
Main data and measures to protect the soil:.
According to the report, Kazakhstan is second only to China (127.4 million hectares) and Mongolia (12.18 million hectares) in this index.
In the years 2025-2026, electronic degradation maps were compiled on an area of 114 million dunams, during which 2.7 million dunams of degraded agricultural land were identified.
The "Land Protection" law, which was passed on July 8, 2026, established the legal mechanisms for their examination, protection and rehabilitation, on the basis of which regions develop special programs.