News
The Investment Incentive Act makes the building up of protected areas in Bulgaria easier
Coalition „Let nature remain in Bulgaria“, constituting of 30 non-governmental and civil groups, appealed to President Georgi Parvanov to bring the carried changes in the Investment Incentive Act back for voting in the Bulgarian Parliament.
On May 22nd 2009, the Bulgarian parliament carried out the Act of Amendment to the Investment Incentive Act. According to the change in Article 2, an investment incentive is applied through „selling or offset establishing of limited real rights on terrains without auction or competition at market prices or lower, with set up technical passage infrastructure of public property“.
Cleaning Irakli
More than 300 Volunteers from the Organization “To save Irakli” (daspasimirakli.org, participated in the 3rd anniversary from the creation of the first ecological group).
More than 300 people in the age range between 6 months old to 50 years old, dedicated their weekend to give the beach the one thing it needs most at the beginning of the season -cleaning.
A LAST DANCE OF THE NATURA 2000 SUPPORTERS WITH THE BULGARIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS – A LOT OF MEDIA AND NO MINISTERS AT ALL
After more than a year of absence from the square in front of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers the citizens who support the Natura 2000 network in Bulgaria decided to knock on the doors of The Realm Of The Unrestricted Power and to remind that the problems surrounding the implementation of the European environmental network in Bulgaria are not only unsolved but become even worse. The event had to bring in the focus of the public attention the hearing that takes place today between the Petitions Committee by the European Parliament and citizens who have brought in petitions on the violations of the European environmental legislation in Bulgaria. Vera Petkanchin from Citizens for Rila, Andrey Kovachev from Balkani Wildlife Society and Nelly Arabadzhieva from Green Balkans have the mission to trigger accelerated procedures against these violations and against the insufficiency of the Natura 2000 network, that still does not include valuable zones like Rila Buffer and parts of Irkakli wild beach. The discussion will include also the scandalous cases like Kaliakra, Kamchiiiski pyasatsi and Strandzha.
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The tree of Natura 2000 was planted in front of the Representative Office of the European Commission today
A tree was planted today by the enthusiastic citizens who supported the European Environmental network in 2007 by protesting in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria for nine months, using artistic meanings to remind the Bulgarian minsters that they have to work urgently on the approval of Natura 2000. The tree lived in a pot for almost two years waiting for the entire range of the network to be approved by the ministers but as this did not happen so far the concerns for it's comfort in the pot grew larger and the environmentalists decided to gift it as a mascot to the European Commission Representative office in Bulgaria.
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FIS WORLD CUP LADIES' TO TAKE PLACE IN A SKI RESORT BUILT IN VIOLATION WITH THE LAW
February 25th – Sofia. The FIS World Cup Ladies’ starting in two days in
Bulgaria will take place in a resort developed in violation of many
Bulgarian and European environmental acts, local environmental
organizations report. Bansko ski resort, which will host the races between
February 27th and March 1st is built in Pirin National Park and UNESCO
site.
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Save Bulgaria's Treasures!
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Holiday homes, hotels, villas, ski resorts and ski runs are being built in many of Bulgaria"s national and nature parks. They are being built illegally, against existing national laws and regulations.
We need to send a clear message:
* To those destroying Bulgaria"s natural treasures: that this is not acceptable
* To relevant authorities: to implement existing laws and regulations
* To political decision makers: to take necessary steps to ensure real protection for the country"s natural riches
The decision of the government about the environmental network Natura 2000
Over six weeks late, the Bulgarian government has finally decided on the sites it will submit to the European Commission as part of the EU’s Natura 2000 network of specially protected areas. Almost half of the most important sites identified by scientists, including nearly the entire Black Sea coast, have been removed from the list due to "investors" interests.
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Slippery slope ahead for ski resorts in Central and Eastern Europe
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/europe/what_we_do/danube_carpathian/?154081/Slippery-slope-ahead-for-ski-resorts-in-CEE
13 Jan 2009
New research suggests that ambitious plans for dozens of new ski resorts in Central and Eastern Europe could be constructed on slippery financial slopes.
The potential financial uncertainty on the future viability of the resorts is also adding to concerns that some of Europe’s last wilderness areas will be damaged to little purpose.
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The “Common Cause” Campaign for return of the captured state lands and forest was given a start
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Rila news 1
Rila news is a result of international collaboration among the NGOs that together with Coalition
“Let Nature Remain in Bulgaria” carry out the campaign for protection of Rila National Park.
http://www.france-rila.fr/RILA_NEWS.pdf
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The Petitions Committee of the European Parliament saw with its eyes the destruction in Rila
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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 >