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Bishkek's Green City Action Plan — Reversing Decades of Urban Tree Loss (Kyrgyzstan)

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 77% 33/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Bishkek joined the EBRD Green Cities programme in 2019 and launched a school-linked tree-planting drive to reverse decades of urban deforestation: 19,000 trees planted in 2025, with 50,000 more seedlings planned for 2026.

19,000
Trees planted (2025)
50,000
Seedlings budgeted (2026)
Bishkek's Green City Action Plan — Reversing Decades of Urban Tree Loss (Kyrgyzstan)

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Bishkek Mayor's Office, with the EBRD Green Cities Programme (plan funded by the Government of Japan)
Period
2019-2026
Keywords
urban forestry, municipal governance, air quality, climate adaptation

Context

Bishkek joined the EBRD Green Cities programme in 2019 and published a Green City Action Plan (GCAP) covering air, water and soil quality, climate risk, transport, buildings, industry and waste, with plan development funded by the Government of Japan.

Activities

A city-wide tree-planting campaign aims to reverse decades of tree loss from rapid urban development, including a commitment to create green zones around every school in the city.

Results

The municipality planted around 19,000 trees in 2025 and has budgeted roughly 50,000 seedlings for 2026.

Conclusions

Independent reporting has focused on the campaign's air-quality rationale rather than on independently verified survival rates or canopy-cover change, so the scale of ecological benefit beyond the raw planting numbers is not yet externally confirmed.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Plan development funded by the Government of Japan; tree-planting operating costs not separately disclosed.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — GCAP membership from 2019; planting campaign ongoing through at least 2026.
Staffing & skills
Bishkek Mayor's Office, EBRD Green Cities Programme technical assistance

Conditions for success

  • Government of Japan-funded plan development
  • explicit commitment to green zones around every school

Where it fits

Governance type
municipal government with international donor support (EBRD)
Scale
city-wide (Bishkek)
Income level
lower-middle income (Kyrgyzstan)

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