29.03.2012 13:19:34 | Documents
We, the members of the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (ABTTA) and the Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism (BAAT), bringing together companies, whose professional territory is the tourism in Bulgaria, consider that the adoption of legislative decisions concerning the Bulgarian tourist industry without prior consultation with us - its representatives, is unacceptable. The adopting of a new law on tourism, that has been an year delayed, already gives negative fruits. The slow reaction, connected with the development in the big resorts in the past decade, has made Bulgaria the country with the lowest occupancy of the Base Bed capacity in the EU - less than 20% annually!
Translation: Iliyana Matova
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22.03.2012 15:09:43 | News
The failure by governments to fully apply the EU’s environmental laws drains our economy of an estimated €50 billion a year, due mainly to costs to our health and of cleaning up the environment. Ensuring EU laws are applied consistently results in a cleaner, more sustainable environment – and is better for our health and the economy. For example, strictly applying EU laws on waste would create 400 000 jobs and save €72 billion (compared to a scenario in which the laws are not applied).
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19.03.2012 08:51:15 | Media
http://www.foralternatives.org/?p=525
The proposed changes will make it easier to cut down forests to construct new lift installations and skiing slopes; to carry out complete clearance of forest areas that consequently causes mud slides and floods this concerns the most vulnerable part of Bulgaria’s forests, those which have been designated as national parks and which represent only 5% of the territory.
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19.03.2012 08:50:05 | Media
http://www.novinite.com/view_n[ ... ]s.php?id=137216
Bulgarian environmentalist staged once again Saturday a protest rally against looming amendments to the Forestry Act.
The march was organized by the coalition of NGOs, known as "For Keeping Nature in Bulgaria" with the support of other civic organizations. Rallies are also held in the cities of Plovdiv and Burgas.
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12.03.2012 19:27:34 | News
Sofia, February 24th 2012 – The change of Vitosha Nature Park’s present director Toma Belev, which was announced today, is the latest present the government has made to private companies and is another step towards the builing-up of the - in fact protected- area, allowing the development of a new, three times larger skiing area between Simeonovo, Dragalevtsi, Aleko and Cherni Vrah[1]. This is what the coalition of non-governmental organisations and civil groups “For the nature”warns about.
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09.03.2012 20:40:54 | Media
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SOFIA — Alpine Skiing World Cup events in Bulgaria's southern resort of Bansko use illegal ski runs and break international regulations, a coalition of nature groups said Friday.
"With close to 40 percent of the ski runs in Bansko being illegally built and operated, many fear this event has cast a shadow over the reputation of the FIS (International Ski Federation)," the For The Nature group said in a statement.
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09.03.2012 20:39:49 | Media
http://www.snowboardclub.co.uk[ ... ]news-11454.html
A group representing more than 30, mostly environmental organisations, including the WWF, has issued a statement questioning the FIS decision to stage the second Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria this weekend when, “…citizen groups and NGOs are concerned that the operator of Bansko Ski Zone has persistently violated Bulgarian and international environmental legislation and FIS regulations. With close to 40% of the ski runs in Bansko being illegally built and operated, many fear this event has cast a shadow over FIS reputation.”
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