International Center for Environmental Research-ICFER

Russian aggression must be stopped!!! International Center for Environmental Research is deeply concerned about the actions of Russian military troops for escalating the conflict in Georgia. South Ossetia and Abkhazia, separatist region to Georgia's east, are part of the republic of Georgia .The Russian Federation violated their obligation with regard to maintaining peace and stability in the conflict zone. Environmental hazards are caused in Borjomi-Kharagauli National park. and Poti near Kolkheti National Park and adjacent Ramsar Site. Foreign media about Georgian-Russian conflict. Foreign media is still actively talking about Georgian-Russian conflict. Links

	International Center for Environmental Research is organizing a World Migratory Bird Day event. The event will take place on the 10-th of May. Detailed information on event will be available on our web page: www.icfer.org/wmb World Migratory Bird Day was created to raise awareness for the need to protect all migratory birds and their habitats throughout the world. For further information you can visit: www.worldmigratorybirdday.org

		In January 2007 International Center for Environmental Research participated in the Fifth Georgian Biodiversity Competition and was awarded a prize for the Highly Commenced
Project. - "Field Guide of Beetles (Insecta Coleoptera) of Georgia"			View certificate

United Nations Economic & Social Council is achieving the internationally agreed development goals. UN NGO IRENE is strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and Non-governmental Organizations by establishing UN NGO Informal Regional Network

CSD-14 Preparatory Meeting on: "Capacity Building and Strategy Development for Georgia and Leading role of EU in the Global Sustainable Development Process" 13-15 May,Tbilisi, Georgia

World Summit on the Information Society has a commitment to build a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access utilize and share information and knowledge.

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Current water protection initiative is a unique occasion to remind everybody of the vital difference that clean water makes to our health, and how it born diseases through source water protection can reduce disease.

ICFER aims to provide research on relatively fast express bio-monitoring: to use bacteriophages as biosensors; to predict the presence of and/or minimize the potential risk associated with pathogenic microbes.

ICFER Jointly with its Armenian and Azerbaijan colleagues created internet based virtual source of information for children on the state of environment and environmental health considerations. The materials were developed for different age groups.


Click photos to view the videos from the film- Iris Grows in Caucasus

We made a film: "Iris Grows in Caucasus". The film is about natural and cultural heritage of South Caucasian countries.You can request English language CD with the film "Iris Grows in Caucasus" and environmental information (texts, photos videos and images) from our Sales Department

The Children's Environmental Health Network is a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the fetus and the child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment. Conference on: Children's Environmental Health in Central Asia was held in April 25-28,2005

	ICFER/A&DG provides sustainable approach to site planning and design combining and comparing site inventories; determines the relationships between site factors and how those factors will adapt to change; evaluates potential development impacts, which require predevelopment baseline or environmental model be produced.

Bacteriophages in Poultry

Currently International Center for Environmental Research Jointly JSC Biochimfarm" finalized implement WB Georgian Agriculture Development Program�s

Project - CGS 03-70 "Demonstration and application of achievement of environmentaly friendly and efficient technology on the use of treatment-preventive veterinary biopreparation of bacteriophages against antibiotic resistant salmonela infections in poultry"


Iron cock from Patardzleuli poulltry farm	Dr.M.Natidze, Mr.A.Golijashvili and Dr. S.Rigvava at the Conference	Dr. Merab Natidze in the laboratory of JSC Biochimfarm	Mr. G Abramia and Ms. N.Japarashvili at the Conference

The purpose of our project was to demonstrate environmentally friendly, and efficient, veterinary,

preventive- treating technology against antibiotic resistant microbes for its further practical use.

We have created Project Implementation Team (PIT)

PIT has undertaken following tasks:

-identified illness dynamics during different years, types of illness, possible sources

of their distribution in different age groups;

-reviewed provided preventive - treatment measures and had identified the reasons

for fall;

-identified sanitary hygienic indicators of water;

-identified sanitary hygienic indicators of food;

-Provided research;

-work out interactive software for the comparative calculation of expenses for Intestibacteriophage and Antibiotics;

- published brochure - "Pulorosis";

-approved provisional instruction for the use of Interstibacteriophage preparation in poultry at Georgian Veterinary University scientific Council and Georgian State Vetrinary Department;

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