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Communication meeting for ENPI FLEG Program in Georgia
On frosty and sunny days of January 2010, IUCN South Caucasus office in Tbilisi hosted first Communication Meeting of the ENPI FLEG Program. ENPI FLEG means “Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the European Neighborhood Policy East Countries and Russia” program, being implemented in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. The program is funded by European Commission. The program’s implementing partners are the World Bank, IUCN and WWF. …
22 Jan 2010 | News story
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National experts trained on Ecological Networks
The second round of training courses under the InWEnt programme “Regional Environmental Policy in the South Caucasus” was held from 25 November to 09 December 2009 in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus jointly conducted the trainings in collaboration with Adelphi Research. The objective of this series of training courses is to contribute to the further development of the region's nature conservation policies and legislation in order to support approximation to the EU Aquis Communautaire. …
09 Dec 2009 | News story
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) joins IUCN
IUCN welcomes the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) to its worldwide network. CENN was admitted as NGO Member by the IUCN Council at its 73rd meeting on November 24, 2009. …
04 Dec 2009 | News story
Study on the current practices of the forest management in Georgia
On November 24, the IUCN office for Southern Caucasus hosted an event under the FLEG program, on the inception report on the practices being conducted by forestry expert Merab Machavariani. …
26 Nov 2009 | News story
A helpdesk to support stakeholders of Georgian protected areas
IUCN POSC has established a helpdesk to support local stakeholders in Vashlovani, Lagodekhi and Tusheti PAs, as part of the project Facilitating stakeholder participation in protected areas of Georgia. …
24 Aug 2009 | News story
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Invitation to discuss the Draft National Protected Areas System Development Strategy and Action Plan for Georgia
The IUCN Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus, on behalf of the Agency of Protected Areas of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia, kindly invites all interested stakeholders to submit comments on the draft National Protected Areas System Development Strategy and Action Plan. …
15 Jul 2009 | News story
The IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the South Caucasus Office team up to train national experts in European environmental law
From 10-24 June 2009, the IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus, in collaboration with Adelphi Research, kicked off a first round of training courses focusing on nature conservation and natural resources management under the InWEnt programme “Regional Environmental Policy in the South Caucasus”. The objective of this series of training courses is to contribute to the region's in the further development of nature conservation policies and legislation in order to support approximation to the Aquis Communautaire. …
25 Jun 2009 | News story
IUCN continues to support regional cooperation for biodiversity conservation in the Caucasus
The IUCN Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus continues to support the Caucasus Biodiversity Council (CBC) during the implementation and further development of the Ecoregional Conservation Plan for the Caucasus. …
18 Jun 2009 | News story
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Environmental law expert joins IUCN Tbilisi Office to support improving forest governance
IUCN POSC is pleased to announce that Ekaterine Otarashvili has joined the Union’s South Caucasus team as a FLEG (Forest Law Enforcement and Governance) consultant. …
16 May 2009 | News story
IUCN supports biodiversity monitoring in the Southern Caucasus
IUCN POSC has developed five biodiversity related indicators, based on existing European indicators where possible. These indicators are offered to national and regional biodiversity monitoring systems in the Southern Caucasus and will be used to measure progress towards the 2010 Biodiversity Target and beyond. …
31 Mar 2009 | News story
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