Fauna&Flora International (FFI) and NACRES have begun a joint three year
project funded by the European Commission.
The project aims at conserving unique biodiversity of the semi-arid
landscape in Georgia as well as developing effective mechanisms to improve the
conservation status of large carnivores in and around Vashlovani Protected Area.
On the Traces of Leopard
NACRES together with WWF and the Agency of Protected Areas have launched a
joint initiative the aim of which is to discover the traces of leopard in Tusheti.
The field works started in July. We fixed 11 photo traps on the territory of Tusheti
National Park. Many large mammal species found in the park were captured on the
films of our remote sensing cameras. In September the results were as follows:
bezoar goat (75), wolf (15), brown bear (5), roe-deer (2), tur (3), and Caucasian
snowcock (10). Unfortunately no photos of leopard have been found on the
territory so far.
Currently NACRES carries out the analysis of the data collected during the
field trip. Monitoring of large mammals with remote sensing cameras continues
in Tusheti National Park.
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.
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"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.
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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.
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.
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.
NACRES is a
non-governmental, not for profit organisation that was founded in 1989. Its
mission is to safeguard the biodiversity of Georgia and the South Caucasus,
through conservation activities at national and local levels, based on sound
science, sustainability principles and local participation.
