Georgia
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23 November 2022
The Land Portal published a new country portfolio for Georgia as part of our Country Insights initiative. The initiative seeks to expand knowledge about how countries govern their land, the challenges they face, and the innovative solutions they find to manage land tenure issues. Each portfolio…
8 July 2022
Food safety and transfer of modern technology and knowledge to farmers in Georgia were discussed between Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia and United States officials in Washington, the Ministry announced on Friday.
During his visit to the capital, Shamugia held meetings with Cary Fowler, the US…
4 June 2020
For decades, deforestation in Georgia has been putting the livelihoods of communities at risk. It has not only led to an increase in the impact of natural disasters, but has also deprived communities of clean running water.
Clean water supply for a majority of Georgia’s regions depends on forests,…
22 May 2020
On May 22, the Georgian Parliament endorsed the amendments to the Forest Code of Georgia with its third reading with 79 votes in favor and none against – amid strong criticism voiced by the civil society organizations.
According to the newly adopted law, Georgian Orthodox Churches and Monasteries…
5 April 2019
The protesters said there was widespread frustration among those still waiting to be rehoused more than a decade after war drove them from their homes
TBILISI, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dozens of Georgian families occupied a tower block this week in a protest activists said…
7 December 2018
Georgia’s Constitutional Court has suspended a moratorium on purchasing agricultural land by foreign citizens. While the court ruled the ban was unconstitutional, the suspension will only be temporary as constitutional amendments are set to kick in. Foreign citizens now have nine days left to…
20 February 2017
For the people of Upper Svaneti, a remote sliver of land nestled high in the gorges of Georgia, the last words uttered by the dying are portents of the future.
And the future looks bleak.
Residents say the same ominous rattle has echoed over so many of its death beds this past year - "The Svans…
Un homme porte un drapeau géorgien lors du sommet européen qui s'est tenu à Tbilisi, le 27 juin 2014 (AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV)
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Quelque 130 000 hectares de terres agricoles à vendre à une quarantaine de milliers d'étrangers, tel est le résultat de l'annulation du moratoire sur la vente de…