Green Transformation Georgia (ECO.Georgia) – Ecosystem-Based Forest Management & Forest Road Planning and Construction
Timeframe
Duration
As of
Sustainable
Development
Funded by:
GIZ / GTZ
Introduction
Climate change impacts and the demand for fuelwood from rural population put significant pressure on Georgia’s forests: up to 90% of rural households (1.43 million people) rely on fuelwood for their energy needs. Fuelwood demand exceeds sustainable harvesting levels, considering reduced productivity of many forests in the country because of extensive forest degradation. This forest degradation leads to a loss of carbon absorption capacity. In 2013, the Georgian government therefore initiated a comprehensive forest sector reform.
The Project
Climate change impacts and the demand for fuelwood from rural population put significant pressure on Georgia’s forests: up to 90% of rural households (1.43 million people) rely on fuelwood for their energy needs. Fuelwood demand exceeds sustainable harvesting levels, considering reduced productivity of many forests in the country because of extensive forest degradation. This forest degradation leads to a loss of carbon absorption capacity. In 2013, the Georgian government therefore initiated a comprehensive forest sector reform.
Project Objectives
The objective of the assignment is to develop capacities of the project implementation partners and other involved parties such as private sector through different types of trainings in two fields of ecosystem-based forest management:
- Silviculture/practical forest management and
- Reduced impact logging and skidding.
Our Contribution
Enhancement of enabling environment for the nation-wide implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM)
- Development of training concepts
- Organization of lecture sessions
- Development of training modules (including a theoretical part for self-learning to be uploaded to an e-learning platform and a field part)
- Conduction of meetings & excursions
- Conduction of field trainings
- Conduction of machinery trainings
- Preparation and elaboration of written recommendations
Project Partners
The partners include the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) and its downstream authorities as well as the specialised authorities of the regions and districts.
Project is aligned with the following SDGs
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