Studying at the "Forestry School" has ended

The current training course developed by the EIEC within the training program "Forest School" has ended.

The Centre implemented the "Forestry School" in order to popularise the forestry profession, where students of classes IX-XII had the opportunity to get comprehensive information about the forest management system and forest biodiversity.For students interested in forest topics, the "Forestry School" training program will be held every year.

The director of the EIEC Tamar Aladashvili presented certificates to the graduating students.

During two months, students were given lectures by invited specialists and representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia. Within the training program, young people studied the forests of Georgia, the role of forests in achieving sustainable development goals, types of forests, woody and non-woody resources, principles of sustainable forest management, forest biodiversity, climate change and its impact on forests, forest fires, forest restoration and reforestation, energy efficiency, and alternative fuels as an opportunity to reduce pressure on forests, protected areas, ecotourism, forest monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms, logging accounting, logging professions, forestry education, and employment sectors. 

After the online seminars, the young people went through field practice, where they got to know the technical processes of forest inventory and studied the methodology through which the national forest inventory is carried out across the country.

Students from all over the country could participate in the "Forestry School." The participants were selected based on the contest.

The course was developed within the project "Support for the implementation of the forest sector reform in Georgia" (ECO.Georgia), with the co-financing of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Government of Georgia, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The project is implemented by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, with the involvement of subordinate agencies of the Ministry.