Academic Staff

A brief description of the experience

MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University (Netherlands). She has 17 years of experience working on issues related to protected areas. In addition to expert work, she has many years of project management experience in national and international organizations. Her areas of interest are protected areas and related issues: national and international policy and legislation, governance and management of protected areas, planning, community engagement and participation, protected areas and climate change, and more. She has many years of experience in conducting trainings for different stakeholder groups. She has been cooperating with the Institute of Public Affairs of Georgia since 2017.

Courses: 

• Management and Conservation of Biodiversity.

Research and Publications: 

• Van Zyl, H., Kakabadze, E., Goduadze, I. (2023) Ecosystem Service Valuation and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment in Georgian Protected Areas. GEF/UNDP/CNF.
• Garstecki T., Kakabadze E. (2022). Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Preparation of Adaptation Plans for pilot target PAs in Georgia – Tusheti PAs, Kazbegi NP and Pshav-Khevsureti NP. GEF/UNDP/CNF.

Research interests: 

Biodiversity Conservation; Protected Areas: governance and management, public participation, national and international policy and legislation; protected areas and climate change; ecosystem services; other effective area-based conservation mechanisms (OECMs).