The Project of the Public Association IDEA Urban Ecology is being Implemented in Baku

In Baku, the IDEA Public Association's project Urban Ecology is being implemented, aimed at protecting and returning fauna species typical of the urban environment and widespread in the past.

On May 9, as part of the project, with the participation of the Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder and head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Leyla Aliyeva, 20 squirrels were released into a green area located in the Baku Bicycle Park area.

As is known, in addition to multifaceted efforts to preserve wildlife, extensive measures are being taken to protect species belonging to the urban environment on the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva. In this regard, the IDEA Animal Protection Center operates in Baku, focused on the protection of stray animals; special houses for cats are being built throughout the city and other work is being carried out. The Urban Ecology project provides for the enrichment of public places in Baku and its environs with species of animals and birds that can comfortably live and breed in the urban environment, as well as the implementation of consistent measures to protect these species.

The main goal of all these efforts is to create harmony between people living in the city and the environment, strengthening closer and healthier relationships.

In the past, the area around Baku was home to many squirrels and parrots that roamed freely among people in parks and other green areas. However, at the end of the last century, due to environmental problems, the numbers of these species declined sharply. Thanks to the large-scale landscaping and beautification work carried out in the country in recent years, especially through the efforts of the IDEA Public Association, fertile conditions have been created for the return of many species of fauna to the city as a result of a reduction in illegal tree felling and the planting of countless new trees.