Georgia has a long history of establishing protected areas dating back to 1912 when the Lagodekhi Strict Nature Reserve was created. Nowadays, protected areas make up to 7% of the country's territory (384 684 ha) and about 75% of protected areas are covered by forests.Georgia, Europe. UNEP-WCMC (2018). Protected Area Profile for Georgia from the World Database of Protected Areas, November 2018. Protected Planet Total number of protected areas in Georgia — 89. In Georgia there are 14 Strict Nature Reserves, 12 National Parks, 20 Managed Nature Reserves, 40 Natural Monuments, 2 Ramsar sites and 1 Protected Landscape. Management and coordination of the Protected Areas is implemented by a Legal Entity of Public Law Protected Areas Agency of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia. Currently under development: Trialeti Planned National Park Trialeti Planned National Park near Inner Kartli, Kaspi Municipality in Shida Kartli region.
National parks Name Region Municipality Established Coordinates Area IUCN category Algeti National ParkKvemo KartliTetritsqaro Municipality 2007 II Borjomi-Kharagauli National ParkSamtskhe-JavakhetiBorjomi, Kharagauli, Akhaltsikhe, Adigeni, Khashuri and Baghdati Municipality 1995 II Javakheti National ParkSamtskhe–JavakhetiNinotsminda Municipality 2011 II Kazbegi National ParkMtskheta-MtianetiKazbegi Municipality 1976 II Kintrishi National ParkAdjaraKobuleti Municipality 2007 II Kolkheti National ParkColchisSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Guria 1998 II Machakhela National ParkAdjaraKhelvachauri Municipality 2012 II Mtirala National ParkAdjaraKobuleti, Khelvachauri and Keda Municipality 2006 II Tbilisi National ParkMtskheta-MtianetiMtskheta Municipality 2007 II Tusheti National ParkKakhetiAkhmeta Municipality 2003 II Vashlovani National ParkKakhetiDedoplistsqaro Municipality 2007 II Pshav-Khevsureti National ParkMtskheta-MtianetiDusheti Municipality 2014 II
See also Environmental issues in Georgia List of protected areas of Georgia
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