Local communities’ unique conservation practices need policy support in Georgia, says new global report
18 Sep 2018

Rural communities in Georgia practice a wide range of forest and biodiversity conservation techniques, which have great potential to provide sustainable livelihoods and protect the environment. This has been highlighted in a new report [1], released as part of the global Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI). The CCRI involves a large number of local communities and facilitating organisations, and is spearheaded by the Global Forest Coalition [2]. Since 2014, the initiative carried out participatory assessments in 68 communities in 22 …