Javakheti National Park

The National Park Javakheti is located in the Ninotsminda Municipality in south of Georgia on the border with Armenia and Turkey in the Samtskhe–Javakheti region.[1] The park is part of a transboundary protected area: in neighbouring Armenia, it joins the Lake Arpi National Park.

Javakheti National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Landscape
Location Georgia
Nearest cityAkhalkalaki
Coordinates41°10′N 43°26′E
Area238.53 km2 (92.10 sq mi)[1]
Established2011
Governing bodyAgency of Protected Areas
WebsiteJavakheti Protected Areas Administration

The project to establish the national park was carried out by the Georgian government in cooperation with the WWF and was financially supported by the German government. Local authorities, communities and stakeholders are also involved in the management of the area.[2]

Javakheti National Park is part of Javakheti Protected Areas which also includes Kartsakhi Managed Reserve, Sulda Managed Reserve, Khanchali Managed Reserve, Bugdasheni Managed Reserve and Madatapa Managed Reserve.[3]

Water resources

The national park is aimed at the conservation of the natural situation, but projects are also being carried out in the field of drinking water supply, energy, livestock farming, the sale of local products and tourism. The area contains five of the eight largest lakes in the country and further includes grasslands on mountain slopes. Within the Javakheti Protected Areas are the Khanchali lake, the Kartsakhi marsh, the Suldis marsh and the Madata Lake.

Fauna

There are many birds in the area, such as the big sea duck, casarca, white-tailed duck, corncrake, different species of pelicans, sandpipers and terns, storks, turnstile and hawk. Special species are the red mountain finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus) and the stone sparrow (Prunella ocularis).

See also

References
  1. Javakheti in Georgia Protected Planet
  2. Wide support for a new national park in Georgia World Wide Fund For Nature
  3. Javakheti Protected Areas Administration
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