Leyla Aliyeva joins children in festive celebration and wildlife initiative at central botanical garden [PHOTOS]

On December 24, a festive celebration for children was held at
the Central Botanical Garden at the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva,
Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and founder and head
of the IDEA Public Union, Azernews reports.

The event was organized by the Baku City Executive Power for
children living in boarding houses. The festive program featured
entertainment activities, games and musical performances, while
various gifts were distributed to the participants.

As part of the event, Leyla Aliyeva, together with the children,
released ten squirrels bred at the Baku Zoological Park into the
Central Botanical Garden under the IDEA Public Union’s “urban
ecology” project. The initiative aims to protect and restore fauna
species traditionally characteristic of urban environments, while
also creating conditions for their natural reproduction within the
garden.

In the past, squirrels and other animal species were common in
Baku, freely inhabiting parks and green areas. However,
environmental challenges at the end of the last century led to a
sharp decline in their populations. In recent years, large-scale
greening and landscaping efforts across the country, particularly
those supported by the IDEA Public Union, have reduced illegal
logging and resulted in the planting of numerous trees, helping to
create favorable conditions for the gradual return of various fauna
species to the city.

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