Agricultural University of Georgia

FOREST RESOURCES AND WOOD SECTOR:

THE MAIN CHALLENGES

Professor Teimuraz Kandelaki

Lviv

18 May 2016

Illegal Logging

Unsustainable livestock grazing

Pests and diseases

Water Erosion

Forest fires

Results of 2008 aggression

A shortage of high-quality forest roads

Remains of wood at logging sites

Firewood Consumption

Small scale of afforestation

Non-competitiveness in the markets of

furniture and timber