Nature experts develop plan to restore burnt Borjomi forest
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Work has been launched to restore the Borjomi forest that was burnt following a major wildfire in Georgia this August.
A commission was set up upon the initiative of the Environment Ministry and involved the country’s leading nature experts to assess the situation and develop a plan of forest restoration.
Recently, the commission held a field trip to the affected forest and identified the exact area that was burnt.
The Environment Ministry said that 752 hectares of forests have been burnt. Of these, 525 hectares was the same area that was burnt during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Based on the field trip results, the commission is now to prepare recommendations as to when and how to begin forest restoration processes.
Once the timetable is created, activities will begin to return new life to the burnt forest step by step, the Ministry said.
A massive forest fire erupted in south-central Georgia’s Borjomi Gorge on October 20 and it took six days for the fire to be fully put out.
A unique charity match between the all-time football stars has ended with a score of six to five as the "World XI” team defeated "GFF XI” at Tbilisi Dinamo Arena today. GEL 403,214 gathered from the sales for the event will now be spent on the restoration of the forest burnt in Borjomi Gorge in August.
Georgian capital of Tbilisi will become the venue of a unique charity match between the all-time football stars who will play at Tbilisi Dinamo Arena on September 29.
The charity match between the world stars united under "World XI” and "GFF XI” teams is scheduled for 9 pm. The money gathered from the sales for the event will be spent on the restoration of the forest burnt in Borjomi Gorge in August.
A wildfire in the Tsagveri forest in south-central Georgia has been extinguished, but the firefighters are staying to monitor the site. Tsagveri is part of Borjomi Gorge, where a massive forest fire has happened earlier in August, too.
A new section of the forest near Tsagveri resort in south-central Georgia is still burning and more foreign countries are offering their assistance to Georgia.
The Georgian Environment Ministry plans to design a monitoring and warning system for forest fires across Georgia that will give early notice of an impending disaster. Negotiations with foreign donors and experts have already launched.