Agriculture Minister says 150 weather monitoring systems to be set up across Georgia
The Minister said 170 stations were already operating in the country, adding the new effort would aim to help monitor “risk zones”. Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection
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Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia on Monday said up to 150 new meteorological and hydrological monitoring stations would be set up across Georgia over the next year.
The Minister said 170 stations were already operating in the country, adding the new effort would aim to help monitor “risk zones”.
We have plans for the next year to implement specific measures with state and budget funding, which will further accelerate the processes to assess all risk zones. We have more than 22 glaciers where these [weather] processes can be assessed”, Shamugia said.
The official added professionals from Switzerland and Germany would be involved in the work.
Vasil Gedevanishvili, the Head of Georgia’s National Environmental Agency, on Tuesday said data obtained from 20 measuring stations operating in the Racha-Lechkhumi region in the country’s west “did not provide a basis” for predicting the landslide that hit the Shovi resort and left 19 people dead on August 3.
Georgian Environment Minister Otar Shamugia on Monday said the hydrological station installed on the Chanchakhi river in the west of the country had “not recorded any changes” in the water in the 24 hours before the landslide hit the adjacent Shovi resort and killed at least 18 last week.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday summarised the Government's efforts to strengthen hydrometeorological monitoring systems throughout the country at a press briefing held following Monday’s Government meeting.
In about three years early warning systems will be installed throughout Georgia, enabling the population to receive relevant and timely information in a systematic way prior to disasters in order to make informed decisions and take action.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting the 37th board meeting of Green Climate Fund, the world's largest fund assisting developing countries to respond to climate change, between Monday and Wednesday.
Nino Tandilashvili, Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection, on Thursday announced nine new monitoring stations would be installed across the country to improve air quality monitoring.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting 70 companies from eight countries for the 21st edition of the international exhibition Agro, Food, Drink, Tech, Expo 2023 from Friday to Sunday at the Expo Georgia fairgrounds.
Otar Shamugia, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Wednesday met Kirsti Narinen, Finland’s Ambassador to the South Caucasus, to discuss prospects of cooperation for reducing risks and disasters posed by climate change.