Local community will economically benefit in a long run, as visitor?s demand in services offered by local community members have been increased due to the new tourism service established at Tusheti PA, so they are willing to maintain and improve wildlife-watching platform, in addition their behavior toward wild goat protection was changed as they see value of protection of wild goat for their socio-economic improvement; furthermore, PA management in PAs bio-monitoring will be improved due to a better access to the wild goat sites within the Protected Areas this will positively contribute to nature conservation and protection of wild goat.

The Agency of Protected Areas has expressed its interest in replicating or supporting similar projects in other protected areas, where wildlife monitoring and observation is relevant. Lessons learned as a result of the project implementation will be shared with APA, other municipalities, CBOs operating on sites of other PAs and interested in implementing the similar platforms for wildlife watching, monitoring, and observation.

The community of Tusheti has been involved in the project development since the inception of the idea. The initial document justifying the project was developed based on close consultations of local stakeholders. More specifically, the local community has prioritized the development of the watching platform at the community meeting held on October 26, 2011. The community further reaffirmed the interest at a meeting on September 5, 2013 when the project proposal as well as the design of the platform were discussed and approved by community members.

The project aims at conserving Georgia?s biodiversity through empowering local communities and involving stakeholders of Tusheti National Park, Strict Nature Reserve, and Protected Landscape to develop a watching platform for monitoring and observing the key species of wild goat (Capra aegagrus). Along with environmental benefits, the project will contribute to the improvement of livelihoods of local communities through introduction of a sustainable nature tourism product that is in agreement with environmental conservation. Moreover, the project will provide an impetus for stronger cooperation between local and national stakeholders to conserve the biodiversity and will build capacity of sustainable nature resource management at the community level.

the project will contribute to cross-cutting objectives, e.g. capacity development of the local community through their active engagement in construction of wildlife tracking platform and its maintenance after completion of construction works. In addition, the project will create a good platform for cooperation of local authorities, national government and local community through co-funding project activities and taking care of built infrastructure after completion of the project. Furthermore, improved infrastructure will help local government and community to attract more tourists interested in wildlife tracking that will generate alternative/additional revenues for the locals. The project will make its efforts to mobilize, empower and engage all members of community regardless of gender in project implementation and after construction maintenance. One of the key beneficiaries of the project are about 100 women from the community who are employed in the services that will benefit from the development of the watching platform.