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Bulgaria MASS PROTESTS AGAINST shale gas exploration on January 14, 2012!

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-729903

On Saturday, January 14, Bulgarians will go on nationwide protests in various cities throughout the country. In addition, it is confirmed that protests will be supported by Bulgarian expatriates in many other major European cities, among which: London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Atina, Paris and others.

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'Wild capitalism' destroying habitats in Bulgaria

http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-environmen[ ... ]tm_medium=email

24 August 2010: Environmentalists have called on the EU to take action against widespread destruction of protected natural habitats in Bulgaria caused by the construction of tourist resorts, golf courses and ski slopes, sand and gravel extraction and intensive wood production. Without action, they warn, the situation could be repeated in Romania and future EU member states.

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An Irishman's Diary

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2[ ... ]4272513252.html

ON AN aptly damp day in the Rhodope mountains southwest of Sofia, with the tall trees all around us dripping wet, we stood at the grave of James Bourchier on a hill just above the spectacular fortress monastery of Rila as Geoffrey Keating, Ireland’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, reminded us why we were there.

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Can you be a green skier?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/sep/28/[ ... ]ibreaks.skiing2

Skiers are accused of destroying the very wilderness they love. We asked two experts for their views on the sport's impact, and got two very different responses

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Dnevnik newspaper: Almost all Bulgarians have a positive attitude to Natura 2000

http://dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2010/03/03/867569_[ ... ]olojitelno_kum/

Almost all Bulgarians (94%) have a positive attitude to the ecological network Natura 2000, but half of them don't know that there are protected zones near the place where they live despite the fact that the place falls within a zone from the network.

These are the results from a survey done by the National Center for Surveying Public Opinion on behalf of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds. The survey includes 1000 interviews. Almost half of the interviewed think that the nongovernmental organizations have an important role in preserving nature.