NACRES continues large mammal monitoring in Vashlovani National Park. These videos were taken by our remote sensing cameras in June 2009. see more

NACRES Witnesses Leopard

10.30 p.m. September 30 - On his way back to the camp Bejan Lortkipanidze, NACRES member together with the two rangers witnessed a leopard close to the Vashlovani cave. This is a fresh new image of Noah captured on the film of our remote sensing camera. See more

"It was extremely dark. Suddenly through the headlights of the car we discerned a strange animal ran in front of us. We were shocked. It was a leopard. It jumped over the bush and disappeared in the gorge," - Bejan Lortkipanidze says.

First Images of Porcupine in Georgia

This video serves as the first documentary evidence of porcupine population living in Georgia. The video was taken in Vashlovani National Park by NACRES remote sensing camera. More

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Otter Video

The project, "Eurasian Otter Research and Conservation in Georgia" launched in 2004 is part of NACRES’ long-term study of the otter population of the Alazani valley (East Georgia). This video was taken in the wild by NACRES’ remote sensing camera. This is the first video of otter in Georgia.

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19th International Bear Conference will be Held in Georgia

19th International Conference on Bear Research and Management will be held in Tbilisi (Georgia), in spring 2010. The conference will be organized by NACRES. The focus of the program is bear conservation in the region of the Caucasus.

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International Conference on Bear Research and Management is held in different countries at least once in two years. The experts from all over the world participate in it. Recently the number of participants considerably increased. 400 people attended the conference in Mexico in 2007.