ORMAN PROJECT REFERENCE: ARAL REGION WINDBREAK PROJECT Document date: Thursday, July 23, 2026 Project region: Karakalpakstan Project status: FUNDING Verification status: DOCUMENTS_REVIEWED VERIFICATION SUMMARY - Planting partner: Drylands Restoration Collective - Responsible coordinator: Aydos Turdibaev - Species focus: Saxaul, Tamarisk, Acacia - Target trees: 5,200 - Sponsored / planted / verified alive: 1,985 / 0 / 0 Environmental context The project responds to exposed conditions in the broader Aral region context, where site resilience, species choice and long-term maintenance design matter more than symbolic planting counts. Verification stance - Funding, planting, and verified-alive stages are displayed separately. - Monitoring updates and later evidence cycles are required before survival claims should advance. Latest monitoring notes - 2026-06-29: Exposure mapping completed — Priority windbreak lines and settlement-edge buffers were mapped and approved. - 2026-07-12: Staged funding round launched — The project opened with modular sponsorship targets linked to resilience phases. End of document.