The " Community Ranger" project was successfully implemented in the protected areas of the Adjara region and the Javakheti National Park.

17 participants were selected from the municipalities surrounding the protected areas of Adjara and Javakheti, students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli and Samtskhe-Javakheti State Universities.

Within the framework of the project, the participants were given theoretical training on the issues of using modern monitoring technologies in protected areas.

Community rangers, the project team, and national park rangers were actively involved in field expeditions and biodiversity monitoring. Photo traps of community rangers captured various important species, after which the data was processed.

The goal of the project was to introduce the principles of participatory management and raise environmental awareness with the involvement of local youth.

The project "Community Ranger" was implemented by the non-governmental organization "Green Borjomi", in partnership with the scientific research Centre for Biodiversity Conservation & Research "Nakresi" and the Agency of Protected Areas, with the financial support of the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF), under the UNDP/GEF project "Enhancing financial sustainability of the Protected Areas system in Georgia".