Davit Songulashvili to Attend UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan

Georgia’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Davit Songulashvili, will join Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan.

Speaking ahead of the event, Songulashvili highlighted the conference’s importance for political decision-making and described Georgia as taking a leading role in biodiversity conservation.

The minister said Georgia could achieve its conservation targets ahead of schedule. Referring to an international target of expanding protected areas to 30% of the country’s territory by 2036, he said Georgia expected to reach that level sooner.

He also emphasised the importance of decisions concerning the recovery of endangered animal populations and forest management.

Songulashvili described Georgia’s environmental reforms as advanced and closely aligned with international standards.