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Otar Shamugia: "From September 2023, the control of the visible emissions from vehicles on the road began in 4 cities - Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Rustavi".

"More than 5,000 vehicle owners were fined for non-compliance with the emission standards set limits. Last year, the export of catalysts from the country was banned to combat the harmful practice of r...
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Otar Shamugia: "From the tribune of the Parliament of Georgia, I would like to thank every employee of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture who contributed significantly to achieving the results I spoke about during the presentation of the 2023 report."

At the parliamentary session, Mr. Otar Shamugia provided the Deputies with a report on the efforts of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture taken in 2023 while also focusing on the ...
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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: "In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, we are actively working to increase interest among young people in deficit occupations''.

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture submitted the 2023 report to the Parliament. During his speech, the Minister emphasized the importance of environmental and agricultural educat...
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Otar Shamugia: "Last year, up to 90 thousand beneficiaries registered their hazelnut orchards -planted on more than 44,000 hectares of land area, in the hazelnut cadastre; Farmers received about GEL 21 million targeted assistance".

During the presentation of the report on the activities taken in 2023, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Otar Shamugia, emphasized the importance of promoting Georgian hazelnut...
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Otar Shamugia: "More than 46,000 beneficiaries have received preferential loans totaling GEL 6 billion as part of the preferential agro credit program."

"Access to financial resources is an important tool for agricultural development. Among other initiatives, we have one of the largest programs: "Preferential Agrocredit", which covers almost all links...
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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 creation of about 400 new processing enterprises and storage infrastructure has been financed. The value of the products and services provided by these new enterprises exceeds GEL 1.7 billion, while the total costs of the budget exceed GEL 115 million.

During the presentation of the 2023 report, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr. Otar Shamugia, highlighted specific results of the state programs and projects.  Acc...
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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: "The European Union officially recognized the fishing certificates issued by the relevant state Agencies of Georgia".

During the presentation of the 2023 report, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr. Otar Shamugia, emphasized the country’s potential for aquaculture and animal husbandry a...