Head of Department
Karlo Amirgulashvili
Head of Primary Structural Unit of the Department of Biodiversity and Forestry
Date of Birth
25.02.1985
Education
2009 – 2011
Dresden Technical University (Germany)
Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Geography, Hydrology and Forestry Sciences
Master of Regional Development and Natural Resources Management
2009
Tharandt Forest Academy, Forestry, General Ecology, and Environmental Sciences Institute
(Germany)
Technical Education
2008 – 2009
Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (Germany)
Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources
Certified Specialist of Nature Protection
2007
Ohio (USA)
Environment and Health
2002 – 2006
Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University
Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
Bachelor of Biology
Work Experience
2022 – present
Steering Committee Sustainable Management of Agricultural Biodiversity in Vulnerable Ecosystems and Rural Communities of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region in Georgia
Chairman
2021 – present
Bureau of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
Vice-Chair
2021 – Present
IUCN
Councilor of East Europe, North and Central Asia
2021 – Present
UNESCO/MAB National Committee of Georgia
Deputy Head
2019 – Present
Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
Bureau member
2018 – Present
Eco corridors in the southern Caucasus ECSC/WWF
Focal Point
2017 – Present
European Landscape Convention
Focal Point
2017 – 2018
EU Twinning Project "Strengthening Sustainable Management of Forest in Georgia"
Project Leader
2016 – Present
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Head of the Department of Biodiversity and Forestry
2015 – 2019
Global Forest Watch Georgia, WRI/UNEP
Project Leader
2014 – 2016
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Head of the Forest Policy Service
2013 – 2014
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Senior Specialist of the Forest Policy Service
2013
German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
Coordinator of the tree-planting program
2009 – 2013
The National Center of Environment Protection of Georgia
Chairman
2007
CENN
Chairperson of Georgia – Azerbaijan Environmental Monitoring Transboundary Commission
2005 – 2007
Nature Friends of Georgia
Chairperson of the Board
2000 – 2005
Nature Friends of Georgia
Executive Director
Languages
Georgian (native)
German
English
Russian