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WWF Bulgaria office

WWF has worked in Bulgaria since 1998. Its main objectives are the conservation and restoration of biodiversity and ensuring sustainable development in the region. the office is also involved in the Natura 2000 network and protected areas that looks at forests and freshwater ecosystems to agricultural policies and rural development.

Founded: 2006

Contact

Andreas Beckmann

Director WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Vienna Main
+43 1 524547021

Konstantin Ivanov

WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Bulgaria
+359 2 9505041

Office

WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Bulgaria

71 Knyaz Boris I Str. fl.2,
ap.2 1000 Sofia Bulgaria
Bulgaria
+359 2 9505040 +359 2 9505040

WWF Conservation Projects in Bulgaria

Harrisuvanto hanging bridge in Oulanka National Park. Finland.

Protecting Europe's natural treasures

The PAN (Protected Area Network) Parks initiative – an independent foundation established by WWF and the Dutch Molecaten Group – aims to create a Euro...

Modified: Jul 2009 - Started: Jul 2005

Fishing boats on a swamp. Danube river, Portile de Fier nature park. Romania.

Reconnecting the Danube

The Danube River is one of Europe’s largest rivers, flowing over 2,857km from Germany’s Black Forest to the Romanian and Ukrainian shores of the Black...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Feb 2008

Wood transport on the Danube channel, near Ermakow Island. Lower Danube river basin, Ukraine.

Restoring the Lower Danube

The Lower Danube, flowing more than 1,000 km through Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine, is one of the last free flowing stretches of river in Eur...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Sep 2004

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The preservation of the area will be ensured through the development of specialized facilities and through removal of anthropogenic waste.

EU funded conservation and restoration of Natura 2000 habitats begins in Bulgaria

An EU funded LIFE project run by WWF and the State Forestry Agency in Bulgaria aims to improve the conservation status of 10 Sites of Community Importance, which are also of national and European significance.

Posted on 09 March 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Wind mill -- near Vienna, Austria

EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development

The EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve a "green economy" in the Danube basin.

Posted on 05 March 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Rich fish spawning grounds were created when marshes around Belene Island in Bulgaria were reconnected with the river.

A decade on, lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets

A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River, Europe’s most ambitious wetland protection and restoration programme is well ahead of targets for creating protected areas.

Posted on 17 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Ministers of the Danube Basin countries adopted the Danube River Basin Management Plan at the Ministerial Meeting of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube on 16 February 2010 in Vienna.

Danube management plan a big step forward

The official adoption of the Danube River Basin Management Plan marks an impoortant step for the management of the Danube, the most international river basin in the world.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Posted on 16 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

WWF and BUND hand over 100,000 signatures to ICPDR President  Mitja Bricelj in Vienna today.

100,000 Danube citizens sign petition for a living river

WWF, BUND and other environmental NGOs have collected more than 100,000 signatures of concerned citizens, who have signed a petition against navigation projects threatening the environment. The signatures were handed over to the ICPDR President Mitja Bricelj today.

Posted on 16 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Beech forest habitat - Strandzha Mountains, Bulgaria

Forest Campaign wins hearts in Bulgaria

10-12 trees are cut down each minute in Bulgaria -- and they include trees from some of the country's oldest and most pristine woods. A new WWF campaign features an innovative video in support of reform of forest management in Bulgaria.

Posted on 23 December 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Plans for new skiing areas in the region around the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans threaten to harm major protected areas that house some of Europe’s last remaining untouched wilderness.

Ski area plans threaten Europe’s last untouched forests

Plans for new skiing areas in the region around the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans threaten to harm major protected areas that house some of Europe’s last remaining untouched wilderness.

Posted on 17 December 2009 | 9 comments | Read more

Eco-efficient house (Sendzimir/Bosch residence in Vienna)

EU legislation will promote green homes, green economy

The new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive agreed Novemer 18, 2009 by the European Council and Parliament represents a crucial step in efforts to limit climate change, enhance energy security and generate jobs as well as a green economy in Central and Southeastern Europe.

Posted on 18 November 2009 | Read more

Forests cover more than 60% of Vitosha Park's territory.

Bulgarian natural icon turns 75 under threat of dubious construction activities

A massive expansion of skiing infrastructure is threatening the essence of Vitosha Natural Park, one of Bulgaria’s most famous and popular protected areas, on the eve of it’s 75th anniversary.

Posted on 28 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Sofia takes part in the 350.org climate change event supported by WWF

Bulgaria takes part in the global Day of Action on climate

On the Day of Action put together by 350.org, Bulgaria is among 181 countries taking part in this global event in support of climate action

Posted on 24 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

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