Georgia:Â In the city of Martvili, the Martvili and Okatse Nature Monuments Administration Plan Project was held. The management plan aims to define long-term goals for Martvili and Okatse nature monuments and the appropriate management approaches.
The management plan also tells the measures necessary to achieve them, which the Agency of Protected Areas should implement within the management plan period.
Martvili and Okatse Nature Monuments Administration Plan project will be developed within the framework of the grant agreement signed between the Georgian and Swedish governments, within the framework of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture and the Swedish government’s International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) project “Save Nature – Georgia”.
The working meeting of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture, Agency of Protected Areas, Agency of Sweden for International Development (Sida) project “Save Nature – Georgia”, Martvili and Okatse Nature Monuments Administration, representatives of Martvili and Khoni municipalities were present.
Recommendations and remarks were made at the meeting, some of which will be considered in the document’s final version.
Martvili and Okatse Natural Monuments Administration Plan Document will be prepared by the NGO “Ekoton” National Consultants Team, Agency of Protected Areas, Martvili and Okatse Natural Monuments administration, Ministry of Environment and Agriculture, NGOs, local population and other stakeholders.
The management plan will be developed according to the Law of Georgia on the System of Protected Areas requirements and the framework for preparing the methodology of the structure, content and thematic parts of the protected areas management plan approved by Order #110 of March 2014.
Notably, within the framework of the project “Save Nature – Georgia”, a management plan will be prepared for four protected areas and renewed for three protected areas.
In addition, general ecotourism plans will be developed for 17 protected areas, waste management plans will be prepared, and appropriate inventory will be provided for 17 protected areas. Water resource management plans will be developed in 2 protected areas; fire Equipped with counter inventory will defend the territory.
