Who runs the parks: four authorities and why it matters
110 of 114 territories report to the Forestry Committee. The exceptions explain why Burabay's tariffs live in a different document.
Verified: 2026-09
Asked who runs Kazakhstan’s national parks, most sources say “the ministry of ecology”, and they are 96 per cent right. The remaining four per cent explain several puzzles, price discrepancies among them.
Distribution in the register
| Authority | Territories |
|---|---|
| Комитет лесного хозяйства и животного мира Министерства экологии и природных ресурсов Республики Казахстан | 110 |
| Комитет науки Министерства науки и высшего образования Республики Казахстан | 2 |
| Управление делами Президента Республики Казахстан | 1 |
| Комитет рыбного хозяйства Министерства сельского хозяйства Республики Казахстан | 1 |
What follows
Burabay is a separate system. The country’s most visited park reports to the Presidential Property Management Department. Its tariffs come from their own act, are structured differently and — unlike everywhere else — carry a seasonal surcharge on weekends and public holidays from 1 May to 30 September. That is why it is absent from the general tariff table: the comparison would be invalid.
Botanical gardens are not parks. They belong to the science committee and operate as research institutions.
There is no single point of contact. Questions about a specific territory go to its own authority.
Why this is not bureaucratic trivia
Subordination determines which act sets the tariffs, who clears a reserve visit and where to send an enquiry. An article that transplants one park’s procedure onto another goes wrong exactly here — and the reader cannot tell.