Adaptive Sustainable Forest Management in Borjomi-Bakuriani Forest District

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Georgia

Description

Overview
Sector	Forestry
Focus area	(no data)
Type of action	Strategy/Policy
Scope	National
Stage	Implementation
Submitted to UNFCCC registry	Yes
Start of initiative	2014

Financing and support details
Financing status	Seeking financing
Total cost	EUR 2 mln
Financing requested	(no data)
Financing received to-date	EUR 1.5 mln
Principal source of financing	Bilateral
Principal type of financing	Grant
Capacity building required	Yes
Technology transfer required	Yes

Additional information
Proponent(s)	National Forestry Agency of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
International funder(s)	Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Organization providing technical support	(no data)
Contact

Objective:

Generate a relevant climate change adaptation and mitigation impact in the Borjomi-Bakuriani pilot region as basis for upscaling and policy development at national level, and to improve the livelihood of people by supporting the sustainable development of forest ecosystems in Georgia

Activities: (2014 - 2016)

• The project will systematically analyse the baseline CO2 and non-CO2 emissions and removals by sink associated to forest land use and land use change, forest vegetation types, carbon pools and activities in the Borjomi-Bakuriani pilot region.
• Climate change mitigation activities will be derived from proposed good practice guidelines on sustainable management of forests.
• The restoration of 45.000 hectares of forest will substantially enhance carbon sequestration and storage.

Impact and MRV

Cumulative GHG reductions: No data available

Mitigative capacity:

The improvement of forest management practices is expected to contribute to a long-term increment in biomass. Estimation of emission reductions is based on changes in above-ground biomass.

Co-benefits:

Social:	Information has not been provided
Economic:	Information has not been provided
Environmental:	Information has not been provided

MRV Framework:
No MRV plan has been defined

Asia Austria has already supported the development of the current forest vision in Georgia. This support shall further contribute to the development of national policies and strategies aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts on forests in the country.Financial support of 1.5M euros is provided as grant.