2 February is World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention. It is celebrated to raise awareness of wetland values and benefits and promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands. Wetlands Rivers, lakes, ponds and wet meadows are great places to see wildlife

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Another Imperial Eagle

Unfortunately, another Imperial eagle, tagged by satellite transmitters, became a victim of power lines. This time the incident occurred in Azerbaijan, near Georgian border. Our team members left for the place of destination yesterday to picture and taking off the transmitter. The bird was tagged in July, 2017, therefore it was on its second migration

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)

Ornithologists all over the world marked the second weekend of October to raise awareness for migratory birds. So did we here in Georgia. School children have been invited for a dedicated program in the Museum of Georgia on Friday. The exhibition ‘Biodiversity Caucasus’ provided the perfect frame to introduce them to the challenges migratory birds

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Why Jandary Lake?

After about 20 km cycling from Rustawi over asphalt roads in perfect condition with almost no traffic as soon as you leave the city behind, Jandari Lake suddenly appears. Located on the border with Azerbaijan, it forms a little sanctuary in the surrounding steppe landscape. Already along the way it is worth to have an

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Become an IBA Caretaker! SABUKO is waiting for your enrollment!

  SABUKO decided to establish a network of volunteers for IBAs of Georgia !  AIM1 – To build up locally based team of observers to help us in delivering monitoring information about the IBAs. AIM2  – to attract members, who are settled and living near IBA itself. What is IBA in general: These are critical

Why we do not stop the fire?!

With the harvest, fires on agricultural lands of Dedoplistskaro municipality take place year after year, it is live issue. On August 7 we ourselves witnessed the relentless fires of agricultural waste burning widely across the Shiraki Valley. “It is important to note, that it is still common practice for farmers to burn agricultural waste, rather