For the first time in twenty years, the collection, processing, and systematisation of data on Georgia’s land fund has been achieved through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture and the National Agency for Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Monitoring, the Ministry reported.
According to the Agency’s Chairman, Giorgi Misheladze, the unified land fund database encompasses two main categories: agricultural and non-agricultural land. Agricultural land is further classified into areas used for annual and perennial crops. Non-agricultural land includes a broad range of categories such as forests, protected areas, water resources, glaciers, lakes, and urban territories. This provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and categorised overview of Georgia’s land fund.
Misheladze also noted that in the absence of a unified database, the state had previously relied on Public Registry data on registered land, as well as statistical information often based on verbal surveys.
He emphasised that such data was previously fragmented and inconsistent. The new unified database consolidates information from the Ministry, the Public Registry, and other agencies, along with verified and refined data processed by the Agency itself—ultimately simplifying workflows for both public and private sectors.
The data is publicly accessible via the Agency’s website, while an interactive map of land use and land cover is available on the Ministry’s Geographic Information Portal.
