Implemented

Department of Forest Rehabilitation and Melioration

Studying of present conditions of forests planted on the slopes in neighbourhood of Tbilisi and working out of effective forest-melioration measures for their improvement (1997-1999)

Studying of peculiarities of accumulating of beech biomass and working out of measures for increasing of their productivity (2000-2001)

Studying of hydrological functions of anti-erosion forest belts on mountain slopes and working out of method of their cultivation (2002-2003)

Biological properties of rare and disappearing wood species (yew, zelkova, Georgian maple) and ways of their cultivation (2004-2005)

Studying of water-regulatory and soil-protective functions of plant cover in the basins of small rivers of Georgia

Department of Forest Biodiversity, Planning and Expertise

Dynamic of accumulating of dead organic mass in hornbeam coppices of eastern Georgia, studying of its physical and microbiological processes of its mineralization (2005) - Grant financed by Scientific Academy of Georgia

Definition of regularity of genesis, growth and formation of beech forest eco-systems in east Georgia (2005) - Project financed by State Budget

"Development of National Programs of Plant Genetic Resources in South-East Europe" - Preserving of genetic resources of broad-leaved forest (2005) - Grant financed by international organisation IPGRI

Ecologization of usage of beech forest resources in eastern Georgia, general principles of sustainable development and preserving of biodiversity (2005) - Grant financed by Georgian Academy of Sciences

Methodical indications on defining forest types in Georgian forests and their usage in forest arrangement (2005) - Financed by Forestry Department

Projects of Georgian Academy of Sciences

Department of forest protection

"Reaction of male (Neodiprion sertifer Geoffr.) of pine-tree on different pheromones prepared of stereo-isomers and essential/volatile oils, by geographical variations" - Under the guidance of Olle Anderbrandt, Doctor of Lunde University (Sweden), with Russian, Italian, Canadian, Japanese and Czech scientists, Sweden Academy of Sciences

"Studying of bio-ecological properties of pests and diseases in spruce and fir (abies) forests of Georgia, prognosis of their spread, dynamic of quantity and working out of integrated system against them". - Georgian Forestry Department

"Etiology of chest-nut stand drying up and working out of measures for their sanitation in Georgia" - Georgian Academy of Sciences

"Present state of spread of pests in Georgian forests and working out of integrated management plan for fighting against them (bark-eaters spread in spruce stands)". - CS17-1, the World Bank

"Elm stands state in eastern Georgia and working out of integrated system for their sanitation" - Georgian Academy of Sciences

"Studying of present state of forest diseases in Imereti region and working out of integrated method for fighting against them" (phyto-sanitation situation in chest-nut stands, vermin organisms, etiology of drying up and rehabilitation-sanitation measures) - CS17-2, the World Bank