About us

Georgian Scientific Academy V. Gulisashvili Mountain Forestry Institute was founded in 1945. Institute performs both fundamental and applied researches in the sphere of forest economy.

Main priority trends of scientific research work of the Institute are:

• Studying of forest biology-ecology problems;
• Studying of forest social and ecological functions (soil-protective, water-regulatory, sanitation-hygienic, recreational and etc.);
• Working out of new technologies concerning forest rehabilitation-renewal;
• Studying of biology-ecology of vermin organisms and working out of integrated systems for fighting against them;
• Working out of scientifically approbated rational methods and rules of forest usage;

Scientists of the Institute have published following works in the period of its existence: monographs - 112, scientific works - 39 volumes, Caucasus Dendroflora - 6 volumes, scientific articles - 2445.

Testing stations and productive-experimental economies are subjected to the Institute:

• Akhaldaba Forestry-Testing Station;
• Tsaghveri Scientific-Research Station of Forest Protection and Bio-Control;
• Zonal Forestry-Testing Sapling Ground

Genesis, bio-ecology, geography of wood endemic and relict species which form mountain forests have been studied as well as natural peculiarities of their growth-development and formation in the connection of environment conditions, theoretical and practical grounds for continuous using of wood. New original trend of forest typology have been worked out.

Hydrological and erosion, land-slide and anti-snow-slip protective role of mountain forests of different formation are revealed and measures of their protection-rehabilitation are worked out. Influence of field-protective forest zones on crop-capacity of agrarian cultures by natural-climate zones has been studied.

Methods of reconstruction of degraded, low cost forest coppices, actual questions of selection of main wood and nut-fruit species have been worked out.

Anatomical structure of main wood species of forest and regularity of cambium action in connection with ecological factors has been studied.

Effect of harmful technogenic residues and exhausted gases on cities and forests in their neighborhood has been revealed.