News
Griffon Vultures Hatched in the Eastern Rhodopes, First Egyptian Vultures Are Back
Four little Griffon vultures hatched in the Eastern Rhodopes, the team of the Bulgarian-Dutch project The New Thracian Gold found out. A few dozen couples in several colonies are still incubating and expect to hatch their young soon. At first the team saw three little and later one more. First couples of Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) are back in the Eastern Rhodopes and began to set up their nests.
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ECO-EVENT ON ST. LAZARUS’ DAY
An action for cleaning clean of the Veleka River Mouth Protected Area will be held on Saturday, 04/16/2011, with the participation of about 50 children from Tsarevo, students at the Nikola Vaptsarov School. The Veleka Mouth is one of the most beautiful and emblematic places on the Southern Black Sea coast, among the few remaining undeveloped oases of wilderness. With gloves and bags the children will clean the sandy “hair” (beach) to the mouth, and thus be included in the national campaign To clean up Bulgaria. The action is organized by the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation in partnership with the Municipality of Tsarevo and the Strandja Nature Park Directorate and the Mayorship of Sinemorets will care about the collected garbage.
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Experts from Environment DG met representatives of the non-governmental sector in Bulgaria
Experts from Environment DG at the European Commission met representatives of environmental organizations in Sofia. They discussed a number of infringement procedures which has started on the basis of complaints for violations of the European nature protection legislation.
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THE IDEA ABOUT THE STRANDJA BIOSPHERE PARK SUPPORTED BY THE BURGAS REGIONAL GOVERNOR – REACTION TO THE TSAREVO SEMINAR
UNESCO representatives visited the Burgas Governor, Mr. Konstantin Grebenarov, to familiarize him with the results from the International workshop held in Tsarevo during the last days. More than 60 persons became involved in the workshop and learned about biosphere parks in Europe and whether Strandja is a suitable region for designation of such a park. The experience of Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Turkey and Greece shared during the seminar showed us that this concept is aimed mainly toward man and man’s harmonious coexistence with surrounding nature. And while protected areas conserve mainly biodiversity, biosphere parks and reserves are focused mainly on humans and on the promotion of their own potential for sustainable development.
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UNESCO INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ABOUT STRANDJA IN TSAREVO
An international workshop BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE USE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN PROTECTED AREAS IN REGARDS OF THE BIOSPHERE RESERVE CONCEPT will take place on 14-16 March 2011 in the town of Tsarevo. The workshop is organised by the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation (BBF) with the support of the UNESCO Venice Office and the Bulgarian National MAB Committee.
The objective of the seminar is to show best practices of harmonious co-existence between man and nature in area similar to the Strandja Nature Park and to discuss the possibilities for designation of Strandja as the first Bulgarian new-generation Biosphere Park.
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“The New Thracian Gold' Gives Free Advices to Organic Farmers of AGRA 2011
Organic food from the Eastern Rhodopes and the tourist map of this region, the most new product of “The New Thracian Gold” project, will be exposed at the stand of the today starting in Plovdiv AGRA 2011 (March 9 -13). "The New Thracian Gold" (NTG) participates for a second time in the traditional International Agricultural Exhibition AGRA.
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The municipal councilors of Bansko and Razlog are preparing a new assault on National Park Pirin
Sofia, 25 February 2011 – Taking advantage of the hubbub around the start of the world ski cup, the municipal councils of Bansko and Razlog have pronounced themselves in favor of the destruction of centuries-old forests and unique landscapes in National Park Pirin, warn from the NGO coalition “For the Nature”.
The two municipal councils want to implement “regional projects for year-round tourism”. Behind this nice-sounding heading is hidden their desire to change the management plan of National Park Pirin with the purpose of increasing 8 times the territory of the ski-runs, 4 times the number of ski lifts, developing two new ski resorts above Razlog and Dobrinishte, and expanding twice the area of the ski resort above Bansko.
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The Mayor of Bansko admitted – The World Ski Cup competitions will be held on illegally built ski runs in Pirin National Park
Sofia, February 23rd 2011 – The Mayor of Bansko, Alexander Kravarov, admitted to “Dnevnik” daily that the ski runs in Pirin National Park are built up without the needed and obligatory construction permits. According to him the Municipality of Bansko has only granted a permit for the ski equipments and buildings in Bansko Ski Zone.
http://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2011/02/22/1048475_bansko_i_razlog_iskat_novi_stroeji_v_pirin/
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New Tourist Map of Eastern Rhodopes
The latest and most detailed up to now tourist map for the Eastern Rhodopes will be presented for the first time at the traditional annual international travel Fair Holiday SPA & Expo (17-19 February) in Sofia. The map is elaborated by Bulgarian and Dutch experts of the New Thracian gold project and has two versions - in Bulgarian and in English.
European Commission: LIFE+ Information Session 2011
The European Commission will publish the fifth Call for Proposals under the LIFE+ Programme in February 2011, with up to €265.360 million available across the EU for co-financing projects under three headings: nature and biodiversity; environment policy and governance; and information and communication.
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Petitions
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
286 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
1118 signed >Petition for clean air in the region of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
20.02.2010 - 31.12.2012
1862 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
4206 signed >