Reviving Damaged Forest in Borjomi Region

During the five-day war in August 2008, an area of natural forest in central Georgia’s Borjomi region suffered major burn damage. Now, Borjomi region is being brought back to life.

More than 168,000 new trees have so far been planted on 80 hectares of area in Borjomi region following the visit by an investigative commision conducted in order to study the situation. Georgia’s Ministry of Enviromental and Natural Resources is also working to give new strength to the forest that was destroyed during the Russian-Georgian war through its Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) which involves collaboration with a number of nongovernmental and governmental organizations, research and academic institutes, international organizations and foreign and Georgian experts.

Borjomi is a resort town in South-central Georgia. It’s warm climate, mineral water springs and forests have made Borjomi a favorite summer resort and gave it its popular name of “the Pearl of the Caucasus”.

Nino Melikishvili