Aragvi Protected Landscape is an attractive region of Georgia, where sustainable activities of local people are maintained and supported to protect its natural values and characteristic landscape and to preserve local cultural traditions.

Aragvi Protected Landscape attracts people by its natural beauties, local traditions and potential for sustainable tourism and ecological education.

Goals
  (1) To conserve a typical landscape character with particular natural, landscape and cultural features.
  (2) To support a protection of the natural values of adjacent protected areas – the Pshav Khevsureti National Park.
  (3) To support traditional activities that maintain the characteristic landscape features, esp. sustainable pasturing.
  (4) To support sustainable livelihood of local people and their traditions and customs.
  (5) To preserve sacred places of the national/regional importance (incl. spiritual rituals).
  (6) To secure sustainable use of natural resources.
  (7) To enable sustainable tourism, supported by and supporting local people, with special regard to “nature-friendly” activities (eco tourism).
  (8) To protect rare and threatened habitats and species, incl. Red List species,
  (9) To ensure close cooperation among three regions covered by the Protected Landscape – Pshavi, Khevsureti and Gudamakari.
(10) To promote participation of local communities in decision-making processes and close cooperation with all stakeholders.
(11) To develop and implement basic biodiversity inventory and monitoring activities.
(12) To provide eco-educational activities for wide public

   Aragvi Protected Landscape was established on the basis of the Law of Georgia “On creation and Management of Aragvi Protected Landscape” (N. 7102-I 16.09.202) 

   Aragvi Protected Landscape is managed by Dusheti Municipality City Hall through IP Aragvi Protected Landscape Administration. Most of the forest in the protected landscape area ( about 33,000 ha ) is under the control of the National Forestry Agency. 

   According to the law of Georgia “On the System of Protected Areas” ( N 136/1996 & 8), (1) a protected landscape can be established as a natural-cultural landscape of national importance, characterized by high aesthetic value, and formed as a result of the harmonious interaction of both natural and human and natural environments, to protect, for the preservation of the living environment, recreational-tourist and traditional economic activities; and (2) the protected landscape requires a large land area and (or) water area of national importance, where self-contained natural-culltural landscapes are distinguished by high historical and aesthetic values.

   According to the law of Georgia “On creation and Management of Aragvi Protected Landscape” (No. 7102-I), the goals of Aragvi Protected Landscape are: 

1. a) Protection of individual natural components of unique natural ecosystems from degeneration and destruction as a result of anthropogenization;
2. b) Preservation of the richest national heritage – monuments of flk architectre and historical-cultural landscape;
3. c) Promoting the creation ( arrangement ) of the ifrastructure necessary to meet the receational needs of the natural landscape and the aesthetic values of the historical-cultural landscape and tourist resources;
4. d) Preservation and development of traditions of folk art;
5. e) Balancing socio-economic interests of local communities and environmental issues with active protection of the natural environment and preservaton of traditional agricultural activities.