Reforestation & Agriculture

Reforestation of mainly abandoned Upper Chkheri settlement is planned for developing:

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• Windshields;

• sustainable water management;

• biodiversity and conservation;

• restoration and sustainable forest management practices;

• community-based reforestation on the abandoned, but privately and/or Kharagauli municipality owned land plots for Upper Chkheri settlement different agroforestry projects.

 

Processing fruits and vegetables

 

Well planned collecting centers, processing and packaging lines for locally produced fruits and vegetables is an essential and integral part of the project development to ensure sustainability and success of the reforestation as a standalone, and Chkheri village tourism infrastructure project development in general. The project envisions to develop: ​

• modern collecting,

• processing & packaging lines for the produce received with the planned reforestation.

• collecting, processing and & packaging lines for the locally produced corn flower.

• modern distillation lines for the produce received with the planned reforestation.

 

Applicable tree species for reforestation

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At the project concept development stage, the project initiators have selected following list of tree species for potential plantations in the scope of planned standalone reforestation project to be further studied out and confirmed and/or updated by the relevant CO2 reduction certification international institution on compliance to the Improved Agricultural Land Management (IALM) standards and methodology:

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Prunus cerasifera (Cherry Plum)

Resilience: Drought-tolerant and adaptable to various soil conditions. Available in Chkheri village.

CO2 Reduction: Deciduous, contributes to carbon sequestration.