Sofia, 25 January 2010 – The Let Nature Remain in Bulgaria Coalition of non-government organizations and citizen groups alarms about a try for an illegal procedure for transferring the state ownership on the Sinite Kamani Nature Park in Sliven Municipality.

On February 18 2010 the Municipality Council of the town of Sliven approved a proposal by the Mayor of the town to open a procedure under Article 54 of the State Property Act for a free transfer to Sliven Municipality of the ownership on a real estate - state property. Under “real estate - state property” Sliven Municipality means the public state property on the territory of the Sinite Kamani Nature Park. It covers over 90% of the whole surface of the Nature Park amounting to 11 thousand hectares. The municipal councilors have assigned to the Mayor of Sliven Municipality to send a request to the Council of Ministers through the Sliven District Governor for the free transfer of the “property”.

Sofia, 26 February 2010 – On the occasion of the statements of the mayor of Sliven Municipality Yordan Lechkov and Sliven District Governor Marin Kavrukov that the Municipality wants the state to transfer to it for free the full state ownership in Sinite Kamani Nature Park in order to maintain the roads and to build up sewerage, the Let Nature Remain in Bulgaria Coalition of non-government organizations and citizen groups is obliged to specify:

- Sinite Kamani Nature Park is not a city garden but a protected nature area under the Bulgarian and European legislation.

- In order to maintain the roads and build up sewerage the state does not need to transfer its ownership onto the municipality.

To the attention of:

Mr. Jerzy Buzek, President

European Parliament

3rd March, 2010

Dear Mr. President,

We, the citizens of Bulgaria, are honoured to address you at Bulgaria’s most renowned Alma Mater and to welcome you here in Sofia on March 3rd, the National Day, celebrating Bulgaria’s liberation!

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Publication of European union regarding the condition of species and habitats in Europe

Following the started yesterday nationwide protests and the hundreds of people coming out in the streets of various towns in order to say “No to the distribution of GMO in Bulgaria!” the government began to show some inclination towards listening to citizens’ requests and proposals. BUT we need to see that these statements are real political will for a reasonable decision and not plain political conformism and PR.

On 29.01.2010 a Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) entered the Green Balkans’ Wild Animals Rescue Center in Stara Zagora. The little bat was sent to the Center from the town of Razgrad by concerned citizens who had found it in the town.

This event is interesting as the Kuhl's pipistrelle is a comparatively rare species for the country. It is a southern species which is warmth-and-dryness-loving, inhabits mostly populated places and until recently it has been considered that the species can be found only in Southern Bulgaria. Data from the last years show that it is not so rare for our country anymore but there is lack of sufficient data for its distribution.

Sofia, 10 February 2010 – The “Let Nature Remain in Bulgaria” Coalition of 30 non-governmental organizations and citizen groups expects the Consultative Council on National Security to take into account its proposal on the forest swaps and state aid accorded by the former government to certain companies and individuals.

In the beginning of this week the Coalition sent its proposals to the Premier Boyko Borisov.

Living creatures’ freedom and health are easily taken away by people, no matter what the extermination of these wonderful animals would lead to.

Read the stories of some of the patients of the wildlife rehabilitation and breeding centre.

SIGN THE PETITION
DEMAND THAT MALTA RESPECTS THE EU LAW AND STOP KILLING OF PROTECTED BIRDS
During each journey, the European migratory birds are in peril as they fly over Malta, where they continue to be gunned down. Every year, protected species are killed; every spring and every autumn. Law enforcement is under resourced and unable to control the scale of illegal hunting.
Unless we protect the migratory ‘flyways’ over the Mediterranean, conservation efforts in Europe and Africa are in vain. This is because170 bird species regularly migrate over Malta. When they reach Malta, these birds are at their weakest. Many will try to rest on Malta and feed to build up their strength for the last leg of their journey. Instead, many meet their death.

On 19-20 December 2009 a bird watching trip was organized by BBF and BSPB to Kerkini, Greece, within the frames of a running biodiversity course.