The total area of Georgia's protected terrestrial territories is 6,501 km2 (2,510 sq mi), which amounts to approximately 9.29% of the country's territory. In addition 153 km2 (59 sq mi) of marine area protected, or 0.67% of the country's territorial waters. There are a total of 89 protected areas, including 14 Strict Nature Reserves, 12 National Parks, 20 Managed Nature Reserves, 40 Natural Monuments, 2 Ramsar sites and 1 Protected Landscape.[1][2] Strict nature reserves comprise 140,672 ha, while national parks cover 276,724 ha.[3] The total number of visitors to Georgia's protected areas was just under 1.2 million in 2019.[4]
^Georgia, Europe. UNEP-WCMC (2018). Protected Area Profile for Georgia from the World Database of Protected Areas, November 2018. Protected Planet
^Law of Georgia. Creation and Management of Natural Monuments. 20 ноября 2013 года.
^National Parks. Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia. Retrieved on January 11, 2014
^Statistics'. Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia. Retrieved on January 11, 2014
^"The forgotten wetlands of eastern Georgia « Rewilding Foundation". 2020-03-18. Archived from the original on 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^Planned Protected Areas Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia. Retrieved on January 7, 2010
^41°45′28.786″N 44°16′9.131″E / 41.75799611°N 44.26920306°E / 41.75799611; 44.26920306 Trialeti Planned National Park near Inner Kartli, Kaspi Municipality in Shida Kartli region.
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