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Examining the condition of the ash forest belts in North-eastern Bulgaria
The decline of some of the ash forest shelter belts in North-eastern Bulgaria is irreversible and their rehabilitation and replacement with more resistant species should be undertaken. This conclusion was reached by experts from the Forest Research Institute at the...
Educating children on how and why to protect nature with a lesson about eagles
Two hundred and twenty children from "Dr. Petar Beron" kindergarten in Varna had a lot of fun learning interesting facts about the Lesser Spotted Eagle. They also found out why and how to protect forests, animals, birds and reptiles. Their educators came from...
The maintenance of the young forests created within the project “The Eagle’s Lands and Forests” has started
In the newly created forests, within the project "The Eagle's Lands and Forests", the clearing of the grasses that have sprouted after the heavy rains has started. The row-spacings in the young forests are cleaned with a machine, while the vegetation around the...
Children from Burgas played and learned about wild animals
Children from 3rd and 4th classes of the Burgas primary schools "Georgi Benkovski" and "Elin Pelin" participated in lessons on forest pedagogy. In the period 02-04 June 2021, four educational campaigns were held, in which 80 pupils took part. The lessons were taken...
Presenting the Lesser Spotted Eagle at a children’s festival in Plovdiv
The LIFE project "The Eagle's Lands and Forests" presented the Lesser Spotted Eagle at a children's festival in Plovdiv on 29 May 2021. Nearly 2000 people visited the event, which was organized on the occasion of the International Children's Day. Its organizers were...
Creating new forest shelter belts
A working meeting of “The Eagle’s Lands and Forests” project team was held this week on the area of the Northeast State Company. Experts from the Executive Forest Agency, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, the Ministry of Environment and Waters and the...
Follow the movements of Lesser Spotted Eagles tagged with transmitters
Kubrat, Tervel and Svoboda - these are the names of the Lesser Spotted Eagles, on which we attached GSM satellite transmitters in July 2020. Since then we have been tracking their flight and behaviour during their first autumn and spring migrations. Kubrat - the...
BSPB teams found 37 new nests of Lesser Spotted Eagle in Bulgaria
In just one month the number of known nests of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in important for the species territories in the country increased by 37. Between 10 April and 10 May four teams of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds undertook field surveys in the...
In the Forest Week: seven secrets that forests hide from us
Today, 5 April 2021, is the first day of the Forest Week. It has been celebrated in our country every first full week of April since 1925, when the eight Forest Act in Bulgaria was introduced. Throughout the years, the days of the Forest Week have been dedicated to...