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Environment in Georgia

  • EBRD finances solid waste management project in Georgia

    GEORGIA, 2015/05/15 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is extending a sovereign loan of €7 million to Georgia to introduce a modern solid-waste management system covering the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste in its southern region of Kvemo Kartli. The EBRD financing will be complemented by grant funding of €3 million from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Bank reported.
  • Georgian Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources Khatuna Gogoladze

    GEORGIA, 2013/12/13 Georgian Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources Khatuna Gogoladze has appreciated a project initiated by Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva. In a letter to her Azerbaijani counterpart, Gogoladze expressed appreciation for the work carried out by the chief of the Public Association of IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Protection) Leyla Aliyeva on the reintroduction of gazelles in their historical habitat in the Caucasus area. The Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia praised the recent reintroduction of a herd of ten gazelles from Azerbaijan to Georgia, and expressed appreciation for the cooperation.