On May 16, 2019, a Round Table meeting was held at the Academy dedicated to existed situation challenges and future perspectives of development in forest management. The meeting was organized by Department of Forest Studies, GAAS.
Round Table meeting attended the members of the Academy, representatives of Forest Agency, experts, and the students from Georgian Technical University and Secondary State School #31, and its Director Marina Nijharadze.
Round Table was opened with introductory speech of the president of GAAS, Academician Guram Aleksidze who focused on the importance of the activities carried out by the Academy in the direction of forest management; also, he stressed out the significance of proposals and other documents regarding forest studies sent to the legislative and executive bodies of the country.
The presentation on: “The existed problems in Forest Studies and the Ways of addressing them” was delivered by the Forest expert – Merab Dvali. In the discussion round the problem, the researchers and honorable experts and specialists – Dr. A. Supatashvili, Dr. G. Gagoshidze, A. Mgeladze, a representative of Green Movement, B. Gulua who talked on behalf of Georgian Patriarch, and N. Berejhiani from Forest Agency took active part. Also, Marina Nijharadze, Director of Secondary State School #31 welcomed the Round Table participants.
The problems and the strategy for its further improvement rose during Round Table meeting was summarized by Academician Givi Japaridze, Vice President of GAAS. He spoke about the importance of suggestions prepared and delivered to the Government by the Academy. Georgian Parliament took into consideration the abovementioned suggestions and offered to continue working on the new regulations. Therefore, Academician G. Japaridze addressed the participants to present their suggestions and opinions regarding Forest Studies and the approaches for the successful management. The discussion around the forest problems and the proposals for overcoming the existed problems presented by the researchers and experts will be held in the nearest foreseen period of time to be delivered to the legislative and executive bodies of Georgian Government for further consideration.