Georgia to establish new national park near Azerbaijani border

The Georgian Parliament"s Committee on Regional Policy and Self-Government has approved in the first reading a draft law on the establishment of the Tsiv-Gombori National Park.

According to Report's Georgian bureau, the project was presented by Zurab Ezugbaya, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia.

Under the proposal, a national park covering 21,761 hectares will be created in the municipalities of Sagarejo, Gurjaani, and Telavi in the Kakheti region, near the border with Azerbaijan. The project also provides for the establishment of the Signagi Nature Reserve and the Tsiv-Gombori Protected Area.

The main objective of the initiative is to preserve biodiversity, protect forest ecosystems, and promote ecotourism in the region.

The draft law has been recommended for consideration at a plenary session of the Georgian Parliament.