news.bbc.co.uk: Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662565.stm

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.
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Evolution and positive spirits in Sofia
http://criticalconsumer.blogspot.com/

08.10.2008: Yesterday action in Sofia "Wake up for the Nature" has added a new dimension to a series of more than 2 year civil actions. The young, but very active association VeloEvolution has demonstrated in practice what evolution is. They have made change happen by presenting the solution to Sofia"s monstrous traffic. The riksha originates from Asia back in the year 1700, but recently has been widely used in big European and American cities and seems to be the answer to stopping car pollution and finding quicker means of city transport.
The procession was good - heavily attended by youngsters and not only, cheerful and noisy it had all the prerequisites to wake up society from apathy and desperation. As one of the attending journalists put it "This movement is becoming stronger and stronger, while the cause seems more and more "mission impossible". Lets keep up the good work each of us is doing and try to do more to make the mission possible. Lets not forget the wise Bulgarian saying "Помогни си сам, за да ти помогне и господ" - Do your part and god will also help you -
This is related to the other idea I heard these days - the financial crisis that has grasped the World also has a positive side - it would also hamper the unsustainable "investment infrastructure projects" inside the Natural parks, protected areas and other places. Would it really?? Bearing in mind these projects are mainly money laundering?? Time will tell, but let"s do our part and leave the rest to the invisible hand....
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news.ibox.bg: Ecologs want the Hydroelectricity power-station near Lakatnik to be closed

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business.actualno.com: Grand resort complex, that costs 250 million euro, is being built in Razlog

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nezavisim.net: Mincho Hristov: Don't sell station 'Pioner', make a city railway

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Petitions
Petition (new) for saving Vitosha Nature Park
05.01.2012 - 01.01.2013
6040 signed >PETITION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the delay of 4 and а half years of the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria to designate the proposed by the environmental and scientific community Natura 2000 zone RILA BUFFER in Rila Mountain
03.07.2011 - 31.01.2013
350 signed >PETITION regarding the attempts of the Bulgarian Government to legalize 64.7 hectares of illegal cuttings in Pirin National Park by making amendments to existing legislation
03.07.2011 - 31.01.2013
1218 signed >Petition for clean air in the region of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
20.02.2010 - 31.12.2012
1894 signed >A petition asking for the illegal ski lift in Panichishte to be removed and the laws in National Park Rila to be applied
10.04.2009 - 31.12.2012
4247 signed >