Tamaz Patarkalashvili

Dr. Tamaz Patarkalashvili is a researcher at the Technical University of Georgia, Center for Studying Productive Forces and Natural Resources of Georgia, where he has been working since 1980. He holds an M.Sc. from the Agricultural University of Georgia, Faculty of Forestry (1962–1967), an M.Ed. in English Language from the Tbilisi Institute of Foreign Languages (1976–1980), and a Ph.D. (1979). He began his professional career as an Engineer with the Ministry of Forestry of Georgia (1968–1970), followed by postgraduate studies at the Tbilisi Institute of Forest (1970–1973). From 1973 to 1980, he served as a Junior and subsequently Senior Researcher at the Tbilisi Forest Institute. He is the author of 136 manuscripts and serves as a research leader at the Technical University of Georgia. He is also an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for more than ten international journals. His research interests include sustainable management of mountain forests, the causes and drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, plant biodiversity and endangered species, and ecological and climate change issues.