Director’s Desk: Armenia Dreaming (part 2)
Mid-April, CNF’s Armenia national coordinator Arman Vermishyan and I set off for a closer look at some of the Armenian protected areas where we are already working or are planning to work. Our dual...
View ArticleDirector’s Desk: A Ranger’s Eyes
© WWF-Armenia/A.Malkhasyan Because Armenia’s Khosrov Forest is only an hour or so from Yerevan, I have been there at least a dozen times over the last six years, and last month I drove out there again,...
View ArticleVashlovani Protected Areas-Desert in the Country of Mountains and Waterfalls
Driving through Vashlovani Protected Areas, you could be forgiven for thinking you had been transported to another continent. Limestone canyons rise cathedral-like from arid scrubland, giant vultures...
View ArticleA Warm Welcome in the Heart of Mtirala National Park
Mtirala National Park © Agency of Protected Areas Adjara on the shores of the Black Sea. From the subtropical coastline, dotted with citrus plantations and seaside resorts, the lesser Caucasus...
View ArticleMeet Algeti National Park’s Newest Ranger
Not even a month has passed since Giorgi Aptsiauri, 25, joined the team of rangers in Algeti National Park, an hour’s drive from the Georgian capital Tbilisi. But having spent years already roaming...
View ArticleUnprecedented Sighting of Bezoar Goat in Lagodekhi
The animal is believed to be a six-year-old male, although how he ended up in Lagodekhi is the subject of intense speculation Camera –traps installed in the forests of Lagodekhi Protected Areas in the...
View ArticleSecond Bezoar Sighting in Lagodekhi
The second young male Bezoar spotted in Lagodekhi this year Camera-traps installed in the forests of Lagodekhi Protected Areas in Eastern Georgia have captured images of a Bezoar goat, months after an...
View ArticleOne Thing Leads to Another…
This blog post was written by David Morrison, former Executive Director of Caucasus Nature Fund, now Chair of CNF’s Board of Directors When I started CNF in 2008 I had no idea I would stay for over...
View Article“A Real Difference” – Tur Monitoring in the Mountains of Lagodekhi
High in the Mountains of Lagodekhi Protected Areas Our horses heaved and snorted as they pulled us up the steep, narrow ridge, deep in the forests of Lagodekhi. Their shoes occasionally struck...
View Article“Glad Tidings” from the Caucasus Mountains – Capturing and Collaring the East...
In 1887, the British traveler and diplomat, Oliver Wardrop, crossed the fertile Alazani valley in search of adventure in the forested mountains above the small town of Lagodekhi in Eastern Georgia....
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