Posted on April, 24 2009

The leopard in the Caucasus is under threat; only some small and isolated population nuclei remain in the whole ecoregion. To save the survival of the species in the Caucasus, urgent conservation actions are needed. Back in year 2007 WWF arranged a regional workshop for working out of leopard conservation strategy across the Caucasus ecoregion. Following the decision made on the basis of regional workshop the WWF, NGO "Nacres" and the Ministry of Nature Protection and the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources have jointly conducted a workshop on 21-22 April 2009 in Tbilisi, which was dedicated to working out of national conservation strategy of leopard in Georgia. The main objectives and action plan were discussed and accepted by the participants.