Projects
Restoring the Javakheti wetlands for people and birds
Covering a total of 280,000 ha and rich in lakes and marshes, the volcanic highland Javakheti plateau is often referred to as Georgia’s ‘lake district’. The plateau is on two major g ...
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Monitoring of Grassland Ecosystems
Grassland ecosystems are an important part of Georgia’s habitat diversity while harbouring rich flora and being home to numerous species of invertebrates as well as wildlife, they also provide e ...
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Assessment of Eastern Caucasian Tur on Georgian protected areas
The Eastern Caucasian Tur is a mountain ungulate endemic to the Greater Cuacsaus which is a key species for nature conservation, and as such it is vitally important to develop an understanding of its ...
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Mapping Forest Fire Risks in Georgia
Forest fires are becoming a larger and larger risk within Georgian forests, increasing from an average of 10 per year in 2012 to over 60 per year in 2022. To combat this threat and mitigate the effect ...
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Community Ranger Program
NACRES’s Community Ranger program is focused on increasing community participation in biodiversity monitoring of Georgia's Protected Areas. The program trains its participants to assist with wil ...
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Human-wildlife Conflict in Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park
Human-Wildlife Conflict is commonplace in Georgia, but it is especially severe in and around the protected Areas. Affected local farmers’ negative attitudes towards carnivores spills over into t ...
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Developing an Ecovillage Concept for Didi Sakhvlari
Didi Sakhvlari is the only human settlement within the borders of Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. Living in the middle of wilderness, this small community strongly depends on natural resources, whil ...
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