Forest restoration works are underway in the Tsalka-Tetritskaro forestry district

Head of the National Forestry Agency Besik Amiranashvili inspected the progress of the forest restoration project in the Kvemo Kartli region, in the Tsalka-Tetritskaro forestry district. Near the village of Akhasheni, on a 12-hectare area where the forest cover had been degraded in the past due to intensive logging and cattle grazing, 24,250 Caucasian pine seedlings were planted. 1TV+2

According to Besik Amiranashvili, one of the priorities of the forestry sector reform is the restoration of degraded forests, for which the agency increases the scale of measures annually. At the same time, forest inventory works are also ongoing. 1TV+2

According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, the National Forestry Agency will carry out restoration works on an area of up to 2,600 hectares in nine regions by the end of 2026. Imedinews and Rustavi2 also note that the agency plans measures on an area of up to 2,600 hectares in 9 regions by the end of 2026. According to the long-term plan, forest restoration is envisaged on a total area of up to 51,000 hectares by 2031. 1TV+2