Publications

Balancing Development and Conservation Needs of Stakeholders in the Tusheti Protected Landscape

Keywords: Protected landscape Management plan Governance Biodiversity Tourism
Title of journal: Journal of Mountain Science
Year: 2020 Volume: 17 Pages: 709-723

Author: Juraj Svajda, Lukas Malac, Lela Khartishvili,

UNESCO s Education for Sustainable Development Framework and the Reality of University-Community Cooperation in the Caucasus Mountain Region

Keywords: Transdisciplinarity Case study teaching Sustainability Transformation Post-Soviet academic systems University-community partnership
Title of journal: Mountain Research and Development
Year: 2020 Volume: 40 Pages: D1-D9

Author: Tigran Keryan, Tamara Mitrofanenko, Andreas Muhar, Lela Khartishvili,

Issues With Applying the Concept of Community-Based Tourism in the Caucasus

Keywords: Community Community development Facilitation Rural tourism in the Caucasus Participation
Title of journal: Mountain Research and Development
Year: 2020 Volume: 40 Pages: R11-R20

Author: Lela Khartishvili, Tamara Mitrofanenko, Andreas Muhar, Marianne Penker,

The Hostas Labyrinth on the Black Sea Shore: A Case Study of Selling Geosites to the Lay Public

Keywords: Cretaceous Geoconservation Food products Marketing Natural commodities Tourism Western Caucasus
Title of journal: Heritage
Year: 2023 Volume: 6 Pages: 7083-7099

Author: Natalya Yashalova, Vladimir Ermolaev, Dmitry Ruban,

Aesthetic Value of Colluvial Blocks in Geosite-BasedTourist Destinations: Evidence from SW Russia

Keywords: Ecosystem services Jurassic Megaclasts Nature aesthetics Western Caucasus
Title of journal: Geosciences
Year: 2020 Volume: 10 Pages: 1-8

Author: Dmitry Ruban, Emad Sallam, Vladimir Ermolaev, Natalya Yashalova,

The Human Imprint on the Unique Geological Landscape of the Western Caucasus

Keywords: Artificial landform Geotourism Megaclast Quarry lake Southwest Russia
Title of journal: Geologos
Year: 2020 Volume: 26 Pages: 233-244

Author: Anna Mikhailenko, Dmitry Ruban, Svetlana Zorina, Konstantin Nikashin, Natalya Yashalova,

Geoheritage Value of Three Localities from Kislovodsk in the Southern Central Ciscaucasus: a Resource of Large Resort Area

Keywords: Erosion Geological conservation Geosite Granitoids Landforms Sustainable geoheritage management Tourism Weathering processes
Title of journal: Geosciences
Year: 2024 Volume: 14 Pages: 1-15

Author: Natalya Yashalova, Dmitry Ruban,

Temporal Outline of Geological Heritage Sites in the Western Caucasus

Keywords: Geoheritage management Geological time Greater Caucasus Regional history Stratigraphical correlation Technical age
Title of journal: International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Year: 2024 Volume: 12 Pages: 295-310

Author: Dmitry Ruban, Anna Mikhailenko, Vladimir Ermolaev,

Evaluation of Milk Yield of Three-Breed (1/4 Caucasian Grey X 1/4 Jersey X 1/2 Holstein) Genotype Cows Under Conditions of Manger-Pasture Keeping

Keywords: Milk Cows Pasture Armenia
Title of journal: BIO Web of Conferences
Year: 2024 Volume: 108 Pages: 1-7

Author: G.H. Giloyan, N. A. Kasumyan, G.A. Poghosyan,

Head Shape Divergence Between Parthenogenetic and Their Paternal Bisexual Rock Lizards in Sympatry

Keywords: 3D Geometric Morphometrics Morphology Darevskia
Title of journal: Zoologischer Anzeiger
Year: 2024 Volume: 310

Author: Natia Barateli, Mariam Gabelaia, Giorgi Iankoshvili, David Tarkhnishvili,