US experts arrive to support Georgia restore land affected by Borjomi fire
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Experts from the US Forest Service have arrived in Georgia today to support the country restore land affected by a large-scale fire in eastern Borjomi Gorge in August.
We are happy to welcome the US Forest Service team in Georgia. With USAID/Georgia funding this team will help the Georgian Ministry of Environment restore the land affected by the Borjomi fire,” the US Embassy wrote.
Forest Service experts will assess the damage and implement a rehabilitation plan to prevent soil erosion and land and mudslides, and to keep the soil in place for further re-growth of the forest,” the Embassy added.
US Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly stressed that the visit could be considered a continuation of US support to Georgia which began in 2015 to help the country elaborate a forest fire management plan.
We also managed to provide techniques worth 120,000 USD to Georgia,” Kelly stated.
Natia Iordanishvili, deputy head of Georgia’s National Forest Agency, says that the two American experts’ recommendations will be very important in planning future activities to restore the burnt area: about 200 hectares as officials have stated.
UPDATED: It is the third day that a massive forest fire which broke out in the Borjomi Gorge is still raging in Central Georgia. The latest estimations say that tens of hectares of forestland is on fire.
A massive forest fire that broke out a week ago in Georgia’s Borjomi Gorge has been extinguished, but the special headquarters that was set up upon the Prime Minister’s order to handle the disaster remains in the gorge to follow the developments.
Georgian citizens, business and banking sector representatives are teaming up to restore the forest burnt following the recent devastating wildfire in the Borjomi Gorge, with several social campaigns already in full swing.
The United States (US) is ready to help Georgia fight wildfire in Borjomi, says the US Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly.
The charity match is scheduled for 9pm and the money accumulated from the sales for the event will be spent on the restoration of the forest burnt in Borjomi Gorge in August.
Fire-fighters have been working to extinguish the fire that, according to the local population broke out a couple of days ago.
The fire has spread on grass some 15 kilometers away from the village and the smoke has been seen in the Artvani forest since morning.