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Otar Shamugia: "Georgia has taken significant steps to develop civil safety and disaster risk management systems, both at the central and local levels".

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr Otar Shamugia, presented the 2023 report to the Parliament, where he addressed issues regarding preventing severe consequences of frequent ...
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Otar Shamugia: "The Department of Environmental Supervision has been completely re-equipped. Inspectors and environmental rapid response mobile teams were provided with state-of-the-art technical tools and equipment".

" Despite our best efforts, the frequency of facts involving illegal forest usage remains challenging. In 2023, we increased the number of forest rangers in the Forestry Agency to 500 to enhance fores...
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Otar Shamugia: "Over 5000 hectares of forest area have undergone forest restoration measures during the past few years. Until 2030, the forest restoration /planting works will be carried out on at least 20,000 ha of area".

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr. Otar Shamugia, emphasized the importance of forestry sector reform while presenting the 2023 report of the Ministry at the Parliament of G...
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Otar Shamugia: "Over the last ten years, the territory of protected areas has increased by 393,000 hectares, covering 912,862 hectares, or 13.1% of the country's territory. Today, Georgia has 100 protected areas."

"The draft law of Georgia on Biological Diversity has been developed in compliance with European directives, approved by the Government, and submitted to the Parliament for consideration," said the Mi...
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Otar Shamugia: "The Ministry looks forward to fulfilling the obligations under the EU-Georgia Association Agreement and other International Environmental Agreements’’.

At the parliamentary session, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr. Otar Shamugia, presented a report on the activities performed by the Ministry in 2023 and the results achiev...
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Otar Shamugia: " In 2024-2027, the average annual increase in the output of agribusiness products is expected to reach approximately 10%, and by 2027, it will amount to at least GEL 24 billion".

"Granting Georgia the candidate status was a historic moment. We actively continue working on fulfilling the obligations taken under the EU Association Agreement.To fulfill the recommendations of the ...
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Otar Shamugia: "At the end of the year, for the first time, the unified balance sheet of Georgia's land fund will be available throughout the country ".

" Producing accurate and up-to-date information on the condition of the country's land resources is a crucial requirement for rational land use and sustainable land management policy. We have started ...