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Wetlands and Ecosystem Services: Opportunities and Applications

27 June 2023
A deep dive session on wetland ecosystem services, this takes off from the importance of wetlands to examples of how interventions can benefit both society (human beings) and nature. Different approaches such as (i) natural infrastructure (nature-based solutions) and (ii) coastal blue carbon (…

Introduction to Ecosystem Services Assessment

27 June 2023
To guide policy- and decision-making, tools that allow economic valuation of ecosystem services (ES) are used to assess and measure ecosystem values in a way that will be useful and practical even to non-technical people. One of the tools being used to measure ES is TESSA, which is a practical step…

Introduction to the Preliminary Scoping Appraisal of the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA)

27 June 2023
TESSA typically involves six (6) steps. The Preliminary Scoping Appraisal (PSA) is the second stage and aims to derive an initial understanding of the dynamics of a site including the ecosystem services that it provides. To support the work of those who are participating in the workshop, the PSA…

Differences in Use and Application between Ecosystem Service Assessment Tools

27 June 2023
Ecosystem services are measured and valuated through different tools. Other tools (aside from TESSA) are also being used, allowing practitioners and site managers options that are suitable to their sites. Two of such tools are the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)…

GEO: Law of Georgia on Social Assistance 2006

24 April 2023
The purpose of this Law is to provide fair, targeted and effective assistance to people by developing a regulated system of social assistance.

GEO: The Law of Georgia on the Property of Agricultural Lands

24 April 2023
Agricultural land plot is the land registered in the land book (public register) as agricultural land plot and used (with auxiliary buildings or without them) for producing of stockbreeding and plant-growing products.

Georgia: In-country Consultation with Regulatory Ministries in Georgia

26 January 2023

ADB Safeguard Policy Review and Update: In-country Consultation on Cultural Heritage with Government and Civil Society Organizations in Georgia

26 January 2023

ADB Safeguard Policy Review and Update: In-country Consultation with Civil Society Organizations in Georgia

25 January 2023

ADB Safeguard Policy Review and Update: In-country Consultation with Government Executing and Implementing Agencies in Georgia

24 January 2023