Restoring Habitats
Samukhi: Negotiating the Future of a Shared Landscape
The article was originally published on www.endangeredlandscapes.org Across the windswept steppes of southeastern Georgia, the Samukhi plain appears vast and...
Wealth in Fewer Sheep: How SABUKO is Reimagining Pastoralism for Nature and People
The article was originally published by CAMCA talking magazine #3 Author: Ana Dumbadze SABUKO (Society for Nature Conservation) is a...
Racha and Likhi Ridge: Enhancing Landscape Connectivity and Resilience
Since autumn 2023, the Society for Nature Conservation - Sabuko has launched the project - Racha-Likhi Ridge: Enhancing Landscape Connectivity...
SABUKO’s Sustainable Development Plans in Kakheti Region: a study on the export potential of sheep milk products and Georgian wool
The article was originally published by Entrepreneur Georgia. SABUKO (Society for Nature Conservation) has been actively implementing various activities in the...
The Kakheti Steppes: A fragile balance between a living landscape or a future desert
Photo: Natela Grigalashvili The article was originally published by Entrepreneur Georgia. SABUKO (Society for Nature Conservation) is committed to...
The Kakheti steppes: a fragile balance between a living landscape or a future desert
The Georgian steppe spanning the area between the Iori and Alazani rivers hosts a unique mixture of Palearctic, Indomalayan and...
Landscape restoration projects across Europe boosted by $26m awards
The article was originally published at theguardian.com The efforts, including restoring grassland in the Georgian steppe, will work in cooperation...
SABUKO to Ensure Harmonized Human–Nature Relationship on Kakheti Steppes: Balancing between a Living Landscape or a Future Desert
The Georgian steppe, spanning the area between the Iori and Alazani rivers, hosts a unique mixture of Palearctic, Indomalayan and...
For the Restoration of the Chachuna Managed Reserve | What has ‘’Sabuko’’ Managed to Change
Chachuna Managed Reserve with a wide open space that follows the river Iori and the gallery forests around it is...
Chachuna – What we have learnt about its biodiversity
The article was prepared and originally published by online outlet Netgazeti Author: Nino Bidzinashvili Wild boar, Jackal and Jungle cat...
Profitable business or Fading Tradition – What is the Path of Sheep Breeding
The story was originally published on Publika.ge Sheep breeding is a traditional field of agriculture in Georgia. Species of sheep...
SABUKO: Revitalizing the Ecosystem & Ensuring Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in the Iori River Valley
The article was originally posted on Georgia Today. Considering the importance of preserving and protecting natural resources, the role and...
Report for Testing and Implementing Intervention
The report shows the progress that has been achieved during the grazing season 2020/21 but offers also space for discussing...
The Future of Sheep Farming in Degraded Pastures
Farmers need more and more extra food for feeding their sheep on winter pastures of Chachuna Managed Reserve in Dedoplistskaro....
Advancing and Applying Knowledge grants – Endangered Landscapes
SABUKO is delighted to announce that the Endangered Landscapes Programme is inviting applications from our partners for Advancing and Applying...
Hydrological Report on the River Iori
It is well known that the Gallery forest and its full functioning are related to seasonal floods and hydrological regime...
The Endangered Landscapes Artist Residencies and Arts Prize
The Endangered Landscapes Artist Residencies and Arts Prize is a new collaboration between two programmes at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative: the Arts, Science...
Reviving of the Dead Zone – History of Dali Mountain Reservoir
Presently, Dali Mountain Reservoir located in Dedoplistskaro Municipality, is left functionless. It has been the second year already that the...
Sheep & Sheep Products Potential in EU & GCC Countries
The report will provide information about following products: milk and milk products, sheep meat and meat products, live sheep and...
Overview of the Sheep Sector
The objective of the research is to highlight the current status of the sheep sector and to identify the challenges...
How did Sheep Become a Threat to the Nature?
Overgrazing resulted in a difficult ecological condition for Chachuna Managed Reserve. Land degradation and destruction of the gallery forests of...
Navigating Georgia’s complex political ecology in the Chachuna Managed Reserve
Author: David Thomas Full article is available here. We’ve driven across rolling green hills for the past two hours and have...
ELP Annual Review 2019
Bordered by imposing Caucasian mountains, the Iori River and associated gallery forest are essential to the fragile Georgian steppe-riverine ecosystem....
Pasture Management Plan for The Chachuna Managed Reserve
The overall objective of the presented pasture management recommendations is to provide estimated stocking rates and a provisional rotational grazing...
Restoring Gallery Forest and Grasslands in the Iori River Valley
Where is project being implemented? The Iori River, and the gallery forest which stretches along the valley, are integral parts...
Sabuko sets up watering ponds for sheep in Chachuna reserve in a bid to restore Iori floodplain forest
In a bid to preserve the unique biodiversity of Iori floodplain forests, Sabuko offered farmers an alternative water resource for sheep to...
Redefining Pasture Management in the Iori River Valley
In southeast Georgia, at the core of the Caucasus Biodiversity Hotspot, lies the Iori River Valley. This fascinating landscapes supports...
Assessment Report of Iori River Gallery Forest
Territory The research area covers The Iori River and Chachuna Managed Reserve gallery forests and adjacent areas. These gallery forests...
