How is the removal of wild flora and fauna resources carried out?

It is strictly limited and subject to licensing; the only exception is timber preparation under the right granted by an auction of the forest management body.

What are the Red List and the Red Book?

Forms of registration of wild animals and plants under the threat of extinction; the procedure for compiling them is determined by legislation.

What are the categories of protected areas?

State reserve, national park, natural monument, managed reserve, protected landscape, multiple use area; categories of the international network are also admissible.

Who creates a protected area?

Protected areas are created by decision of the Parliament of Georgia.

Wildlife Law in Tbilisi, Georgia

Wildlife law in Georgia is one of the most important parts of the environmental protection law: it covers the protection of natural ecosystems, the use of wild flora and fauna resources, the regime of endangered species, and the system of protected areas. On this page you will find a complete description of these four layers and of what each of them requires from the subject of activity.

Protection of Natural Ecosystems

Natural ecosystems, landscapes, and territories must be protected from pollution, disturbance, damage, degradation, depletion, and destruction. This general goal is given concrete force by a list of objects subject to protection: the sea coastal zone; wetlands, springheads, the sources of water bodies and rivers, glaciers, caves; subalpine and floodplain forests; valuable forest massifs; green zone forests; sanitary protection zones and territories.

Any activity connected with the use and management of natural ecosystems, landscapes, and territories, and their management regime, is carried out taking into account the norms and requirements of environmental protection, while the matters connected with their use and management — including land use planning and zoning — are determined by Georgian legislation. This means that any project impacting wild nature stands before a double check: against the goal of protecting the ecosystem and against the regulation of use.

Protection of Wild Flora and Fauna

For the self-reproduction of wild flora and fauna resources and the conservation of biodiversity, their removal from the environment is strictly limited and subject to licensing — except for the granting of the right to prepare timber as a result of an auction conducted by the forest management body provided for by the Forest Code. Licensing here is the instrument of controlling the removal of a natural resource: the state determines the permissible volumes in advance.

Any action that may harm the world of wild flora and fauna, their habitat, breeding areas, and migration routes is prohibited. This prohibition is broad and covers not only direct extraction but also damage to the habitat — the protection of the living environment is a central element of wildlife law. The procedure for the protection and use of wild flora and fauna in Georgia is established by Georgian legislation.

Wildlife Law