Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Karlo Amirgulashvili elected as the member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature

In frames of the Congress hosted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Mr Karlo Amirgulashvili, Head of the Biodiversity and Forestry Department at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia was elected as a member of the board for 4-year period. The council is an executive body throughout the inter-session period of congress. 

During the period of September 3 – 11, the IUCN’s International Congress took place in Marceille, France. The Congress aspires to foster biodiversity conservation related matters, through exchanging knowledge and information; as well as determining actions that are vital for restoring biodiversity. Among the matters to be discussed during the congress are the following: post-2020 bio-diversity strategy, nature-based solutions, protected territories and sustainable management of forests.