26.07.2010 18:07:46 | News
Is there something to learn from a country with a so high life-standard and to implement it in practice in our beautiful but slightly disordered state? This question asked themselves most often the participants in both 7-days study trips to Norway, organized by the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation.
Yes, there is, because the love in nature is not related with the standard of living and does not depend on how much money you get. However, depends on that, in what you educate the people of all ages and how you encourage them to keep active and to have healthier life.
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20.07.2010 11:18:34 | News
The guest ions are submitted by the members of the Greens in the European Parliament Sandrine Belier, Margrete Auken and Michail Tremopoulos on 15.07.2010. Answers from European Commission are expected.
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16.07.2010 08:48:30 | News
Sofia, 14 July 2010 – The coalition of NGOs and civil society groups “For the Nature” sent a position on the bill for a new Law on forests made available for public discussion on the webpage of the Executive Forest Agency on 9 July 2010.
Despite the fact that some of the previous proposals of the NGO coalition have been adopted, a number of dangerous ideas that threaten the Bulgarian protected natural areas have also sneaked into the text.
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13.07.2010 08:42:03 | News
Sofia, 12 July 2010 – Volunteers from the coalition of 30 non-governmental organizations and civil society groups “For the Nature” ascertained today that the illegal expansion of the cutting area of an already-existing lift from Bunderishka Poliana to Kolarski Put in the Bansko ski zone in National Park Pirin had already started. With a decision from 24 June 2010, the Ministry of Environment and Water (MEW) permitted the substitution of the lift with a new one with three times the capacity of the old lift without the mandatory environmental impact assessment (EIA) and without an assessment of compatibility with the European environmental network NATURA 2000, a part of which is Pirin.
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12.07.2010 09:38:06 | News
At the special session of the consultative commission on GMO that took place on 30 June 2010 the commission members refused to give the floor to Dr. Svetla Nikolova, representative of the environmental NGOs in the Commission.
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09.07.2010 13:12:01 | News
Sofia, 8 July 2010 – the coalition of 30 non-governmental organizations and civil society groups “Let Nature Remain in Bulgaria” appeals the decision of the Minister of Environment and Water, Nona Karadjova to permit the substitution of one of the first lifts in the Basko ski zone in National Park Pirin with a new one with 3 times the capacity of the old lift, without the mandatory environmental impact assessment (EIA) and an assessment of the project impact on the two protected zones of the NATURA 2000
network for the birds and natural habitats, which coincide with National Park Pirin.
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24.06.2010 17:22:12 | News
The first for Bulgaria plastic colour rings were put on White storks (Ciconia ciconia) from a team of Green Balkans.
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