# National Forestry Agency of Georgia

> Georgia's state forest manager restoring thousands of hectares of degraded forest a year toward a 51,000 ha 2036 goal

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## Facts

- Type: Government program
- Scope: National
- Headquarters: Tbilisi, Georgia
- Website: https://forestry.gov.ge
- Countries where they plant: Georgia
- Activity types: Reforestation (primary), Nurseries & seedlings, Tree care & maintenance, Disaster & fire recovery
- Trees on record: 345,530 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## About

The LEPL National Forestry Agency, under Georgia's Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, manages the state forest fund (about 1.7 million hectares in 903 ranger beats) and implements forest care, restoration and afforestation. Its work combines planting of seedlings grown in its own temporary nurseries from seed it collects with measures to promote natural regeneration, in projects such as the fire-damaged Daba forest near Borjomi (345,530 seedlings on 144 ha plus natural regeneration on 492 ha since 2017), riparian (Chala) forest restoration in Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli, and Red List species plantings in Guria. The agency reports forest restoration works on up to 4,085.9 hectares in 2024-2025 and nearly 2,600 hectares across nine regions in 2026, within a 10-year plan to restore up to 51,000 hectares by 2036 (press coverage cites more than 7,000 hectares restored nationwide over the previous decade). Its figures are 'areas under restoration measures' including natural regeneration and fencing, not purely planted area.

## Programs

- **Degraded forest restoration (forestry reform plan 2025-2036)** — Reforestation (2025–present): Nationwide programme of planting and natural-regeneration measures on degraded state forest, including riparian forests in Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli, with a plan of up to 51,000 hectares by 2036. https://forestry.gov.ge/En/News/Details/1391
- **Borjomi (Daba) fire-damaged forest restoration** — Disaster & fire recovery (2017–present): Restoration of forest burned in the 2008 war and again in 2017 near Daba, Borjomi municipality, through planting and assisted natural regeneration on 636 hectares since 2017. https://forestry.gov.ge/En/News/Details/1353

## Metrics

> Note: The agency reports hectares under 'forest care and restoration measures', which include fencing and assisted natural regeneration as well as planting, so the 4,085.9 ha (2024-2025 combined) and about 2,600 ha (2026) figures are not planted area and are not directly comparable to the older 150 ha-per-year planting baseline (2021). The 7,000+ ha decade total comes from a ministry official quoted in a business weekly; a ministry release citing 1,722 ha for the 2025-2026 reporting period could not be opened (404/503). No national seedling count or survival rate is published; the agency has had two heads in the period (Kakha Tsertsvadze in 2025, Besik Amiranashvili in 2026). Founding year of the LEPL not stated on its English site.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restored | 2020 | 150 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://forestry.gov.ge/En/News/Details/125) National Forestry Agency news, 7 Jun 2021: 'the National Forestry Agency implements planting works on 150 hectares of forest each year' under its UNFCCC commitments; 2020 Khobi project 6,100 seedlings on 1.3 ha |
| Hectares restored | 2025 | 7,000 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://cbw.ge/economy/restoring-degraded-forests-is-an-important-national-priority-karlo-amirgulashvili) Caucasus Business Week (c. Aug 2026) quoting Karlo Amirgulashvili, Head of Forest Policy Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture: 'over the past decade, forest restoration and afforestation measures have been implemented across more than 7,000 hectares nationwide'; national target about 52,000 ha by 2036 |
| Hectares restored | 2025 | 4,086 | no (that year) | Degraded forest restoration (forestry reform plan 2025-2036) | Self-reported | [source](https://forestry.gov.ge/En/News/Details/1322) National Forestry Agency news, 24 Nov 2025, quoting then agency head Kakha Tsertsvadze: 'In 2024-2025, the National Forestry Agency carried out works on an area of up to 4,085.9 hectares across the country' (two-year figure covering forest care and restoration); target at least 20,000 ha by 2030 |
| Hectares restored | 2026 | 2,600 | no (that year) | Degraded forest restoration (forestry reform plan 2025-2036) | Self-reported | [source](https://forestry.gov.ge/En/News/Details/1389) National Forestry Agency news, 16 Oct 2026, quoting agency head Besik Amiranashvili: 'This year, the National Forestry Agency implemented forest restoration measures across nearly 2,600 hectares in 9 regions'; long-term plan up to 51,000 ha |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 345,530 | yes (to date) | Borjomi (Daba) fire-damaged forest restoration | Self-reported | [source](https://forestry.gov.ge/En/News/Details/1353) National Forestry Agency news, 7 May 2026: since 2017 '345,530 seedlings of various species were planted on 144 hectares, while measures to support natural regeneration were implemented on 492 hectares' (636 ha total) at Daba, Borjomi |

Confidence labels: self-reported means the organization published the figure itself; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM worked it out, and the note says how.

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