Tracking the Caucasian Leopard's Return to Georgia

NACRES began as a group of conservation enthusiasts in 1989, registered as an NGO in 1991, and has since run more than 70 conservation projects across Georgia with support from over 25 private and international donors. Its Conservation Research Programme's camera traps recorded the first confirmed evidence of a wild leopard in Georgia in nearly 12 years, photographed in Tusheti in August 2021, and the team continues to track individual leopards across Tusheti and Khevsureti. NACRES pairs this fieldwork with human-wildlife conflict mitigation, including livestock protection measures for herders living alongside bears and wolves, plus public awareness and environmental education programmes.