New €47 mln 7-year project to support Georgia's forest reform
The project will cover the Georgian regions of Guria, Mtskheta-Mtianeti and Kakheti with its eight municipalities of Akhmeta, Telavi, Dedoplistskaro, Kvareli, Tianeti, Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti and Chokhatauri. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Green Climate Fund is launching a new €47 million ECO. Georgia project to support the implementation of Georgia's forest sector reform in 2021-2027, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
The project will cover the Georgian regions of Guria, Mtskheta-Mtianeti and Kakheti with its eight municipalities of Akhmeta, Telavi, Dedoplistskaro, Kvareli, Tianeti, Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti and Chokhatauri.
As part of the project the Georgian Ministries of Economy and Agriculture and the German development agency GIZ signed the technical cooperation agreement today.
Photo: Ministry of Economy.
We are launching a project ... [that] will help to establish sustainable forest management in the country, to introduce energy efficient and climate-friendly technologies and improve forest management. The project will contribute to the well-being of the local population, strengthen and improve the control of forests and forest resources", Georgian Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili said.
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava said that in order to reduce the use of firewood for heating, the Ministry of Economy has been actively supplying the country with the natural gas and so far the natural gas is accessible in 90% of Georgia, 'which is unprecedented for a country with a landscape like ours'.
In addition a new office of GIZ was opened today in Tbilisi.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is helping Georgia to adopt legislation on environmental liability that will hold private companies accountable for pollution and other environmental harm, announces the UNDP Georgia.
During the past 18 months Georgia has designed legislation for environmental liability, drafted a proposal for a Marine Environment Strategy and Action Programme, trained inspectors and assessed air quality aspects, and prepared management plans for three Emerald Sites with the support of the European Union (EU).
Georgia will receive a €33m grant from Green Climate Fund for efforts in developing forest waste utilisation and contribute to efforts for reducing greenhouse emissions, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture revealed on Wednesday.
Environmental protection professionals in Georgia have received a supply of equipment from the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) to help them better study samples involved in their work of researching forest soil.
Topics of climate change and global security, as well as work of Georgian institutions for facilitating green growth, were on the agenda in Tbilisi on Wednesday, as the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, the Embassy of Italy and the Embassy of the United Kingdom co-hosted an event in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).
Authorities established 330 cases of illegal logging and timber transportation in Georgia in the month of January, with 17 of the instances deemed criminal offences, the Environmental Supervision Department announced on Wednesday.
The Georgian Agency of Wildlife has begun the process of restoring floodplain forest in the Krtsanisi Forest Park, located near the capital city of Tbilisi, with an idea of turning the territory into a “significant recreational area,” the Agency revealed on Friday.
The City Hall of Rustavi, a city south-east of capital Tbilisi, will team up with the Council of Europe for a joint project on developing a floodplain forest for a location in the urban area, under a project described as “one of the most important” for improving the environmental conditions of the industrial location.