The 'NATURA 2000 in Bulgaria - NEW HORIZONS

Invited by Mr. Georgi Yurukov, teacher of physical education and sport, teams from the projects "Bright Future for the Black Vulture", LIFE14 NAT/BG/649 and "Natura 2000 in Bulgaria - New Horizons" LIFE17 GIE/BG/371 /LIFEforBgNATURA/ visited the primary school "Otets Paisii", Batak.

On 19th May the Green Balkans team celebrated the Natura 2000 Day in Sliven together with more than 180 pupils and their class tutors.

After the success of the Kids 2km run in May, 5kmRUN and the team from the Natura 2000 in Bulgaria - New Horizons project organized a celebration event and marked 30 years since the establishment of the Natura 2000 ecological network with a five-kilometer run at Lauta Park in Plovdiv. 

On May 26 we visited the Natural History Museum in Cherni Osam, Troyan Municipality to celebrate the Natura 2000 Day.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Natura 2000 network we joined forces with the BBF and the Pomiisko Lake Visitors Centre to celebrate the Natura 2000 Day in Pomorie.

On May 20th our team joined BBF and Burgas Municipality in their initiative Carnival of Biodiversity to celebrate the Natura 2000 Day, part of our Natura 2000 Tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the network.

The Bulgarian information project "Natura 2000 in Bulgaria: new horizons", implemented by Green Balkans in partnership with Darik Radio, Dnevnik, Capital and Hobby TV, won the Natura 2000 Award in Communication category. This high-profile communication initiative, funded by the EU's LIFE programme, seeks to raise awareness of the Natura 2000 network in Bulgaria, using flagship species and habitats to inform about key aspects of Natura 2000.

For the 30th anniversary of the European Day of Natura 2000 you can visit our photo exhibition dedicated to Natura 2000 in Bulgaria in Regional History Museum Pleven and Directorate of National Park "Pirin" - Visitors Centre in the town of Bansko.

As part of the celebration of Natura 2000 Day, one of the most important nature conservation dates, the Green Balkans team started its tour in partnership with organizations and museums in different parts of the country.

In the past two days we celebrated the Natura 2000 Day together with colleagues from Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park in the Nature Conservation Center Natura.

Between 11-15 April we held the 4th edition of the Green Balkans National Online Quiz for students aimed at popularizing the Natura 2000 ecological network and species it protects.

For the sixteenth consecutive year the National Community Centre "Prosveta 1909" village of Belozem, Rakovski Municipality, Belozem Village Hall,”Geo Milev” Primary School and Green Balkans Association will host the White Stork Festival.

The lecture had the motto "In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments, but only consequences that depend on our actions".