Bulgarian forest

Bulgaria one third of area is covered by forest

Hence The Biodiversity, One Third Of Bulgaria Is Covered With Forest

Situated in the heart of the Balkans, Bulgaria offers an extremely diverse landscape; the north is subjugated by the enormous lowlands of the Danube and the south by the highlands and elevated plains. In the east, the Black Sea coast attracts tourists all year round. Bulgaria, considered to one of the eldest states in Europe, was founded in 681. The country is marked because of its location near Europes frontier with the largest and most populous continent Asia. Eighty-five percent of the Bulgarian population is Orthodox Christians and roughly 13% are Muslims. While around 13% of the population came from the Turkish origin, while 3% are Romans. The countrys traditional dishes are equally came from both east and west and the most famous of the Bulgarian food is yoghurt, can also be found in most of their traditional food because of its reputed gift of longevity for those people who consume it regularly. Bulgaria exhibits a prosperous assortment of microclimates that endow with a home for hundreds of species. With topography ranging from the rolling hills of the Thracian Plain, to the Mediterranean character of the Black Sea Coast, to the snowy peaks of the Balkan Mountains. With 94 species of mammals, 383 species of birds, 36 species of reptiles, 16 species of amphibians, 207 species of fish, and thousands of species of invertebrates, plants and fungi Bulgarias ecology is in if abundance. The country is also the most significant habitat of Europes existing mammals such as brown bear, wolves, and Balkan chamois. The country also gives shelter migratory birds traversing the Africa-European flyway known as the Via Pontica. Four and a half percent of Bulgarias territory is clearly protected by the countrys Nature protection Act to help safeguard the natural resource in these areas.

However, the major test Bulgaria will be facing is balancing economic growth the conservation of its natural resources. Even though the country is small in territory, Bulgaria proudly ranks third in Europe in biodiversity certainly because the country may seem to have rare and endemic species. Not just that, but also because most of its forests has their so called special functions, about 37% of it. Some of which are protective and recreational forests, there are 3 national parks, 10 nature parks, and 402 protected sites.

However, Bulgaria does not have a methodical network of secluded areas to make sure that all habitats and species of national and international interest are maintained or restored in a favorable conservation status. Also, with the long lasting effects of heavy industries, and with increasing privatization and the development of different resource that are in demand, the country is being threatened by the emissions of air pollution from the industries, possible river pollution from raw sewage, heavy metals, and detergents. Natural resources such as forest can be damaged from these pollutions and will eventually result to acid rain; next will be soil contamination from metallurgical plants and industrial waste.

Ways to Conserve About one third of Bulgarias land area encompasses of forests. The forests, of course, include a variety of coniferous and broadleaved tree species and associated habitat types, ranging from sea level at the Black Sea to elevations of up to 3000m in the mountains. The country is the most diverse in terms of ecology because of its distinct location and with a very climatic transition zone between Europe continental, Eurasian steppe, and Mediterranean zone. The country timber market is satisfied with all kinds of wood products, the establishment of additional plantations for the accelerated timber production and for energy sources is foreseen. Spreading out or expansion of forested areas, establishing and supervising plantations to enhance productions of forest goods and services, while being able to avoid the replacement of the neutrality of the natural ecosystems, and recognizing the responsibility of imports in fulfilling the needs for forest products and services. Promotion of the regeneration and restoration of tarnished forest areas as well as through partnerships and construction of capacities to uphold successful partaking in resolution making, and progression and shift of environmentally sound technologies. Civilizing the competence of global collaboration to prop up the organization, maintenance and sustainable development of all types of forests and building capacity to supervise forest wealth. Promoting the creation of innovative forest resources through plantations and recognizing their function in rehabilitation of degraded lands and forests in environmentally critical area and promoting policies to meet increasing demand for wood and non-wood forest products and services, through sustainable forest management. Bulgarians in the street trying to save the forests, WWF and the other organizations like the NGOs formed the For the Nature alliance that aims to ask Bulgarian parliament to make vital legislative changes to save the largest protected area in the country to possibly spare some infringement procedures of the European Commission. The dispute was also attended by WWF forest experts from around the world. Their goal is to discuss on how to address the challenges that the global forest ecosystems and related environmental services like curbing greenhouse gas emissions and water quality. For the sustainable management of the Bulgarian forest, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was handed a 60,000 signature petition asking his government to find a long-term resolution to the predicament of forest management in the country. The petition was given during the Prime Ministers meeting with WWF people who formed a coalition named For the Nature.The goal of this petition is to root out the conception that forests are just for producing wood. The crusade moreover seeks to support the new Bulgarian government in its efforts at reform, including the writing of the new Forestry Law. Forest for Sale, because of the growing economy the

Bulgarian Properties decided to sell their forests. From the time when the end of the Soviet Union, management of Bulgarias forests has undergone a sequence of guidelines and institutional reforms, together with a far reaching reform process that was initiated in 2007. A new forest law was recently adopted and passed by the Bulgarian Parliament. The US Forest Service or USFS, and with the enlightened support of the United States of America for the Bulgaria Foundation, the two are working intimately along with the other organizations like the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Executive Forest agency to provide as much as technical and policy attributes reform processes to offer advise and support on the forest policy and the foreign management of the country. The U.S. Forest Service representative also acknowledged practices and experiences in the U.S. that may be helpful to assist update the forestry policies and practices in Bulgaria. These practices take in timber sales training and timber theft prevention, land exchange programs, public programs for non-state forest landowners, and remote sensing for forest management and theft prevention. All the way through the next year, the U.S. Forest Service will carry on to combine forces closely with the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the America for Bulgaria Foundation to investigate and exchange experiences on these and other forest and natural resource management issues. The home of Bulgarias two third species, which includes 43 of them that are endangered species of global significance, is in that one-third of the countrys territory that is greatly covered by forest. However, only 4% of this one third is left untouched by the so called human activities and are widely threatened by possible widespread deforestation and illegal cutting of trees. 10-12 trees are cut down each minute in Bulgaria, and most of these came from the countrys pristine woods.

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