Naturalists will be able to take part in different initiatives in Stara Zagora, Harmanli, and Levka village, Silengrad Municipality.
The European ecological network NATURA 2000 is created with the goal of protection of the rare and protected species and their habitats in the European Union. In order to draw the attention of the European citizens to the protection of the biodiversity, the EU is popularizing the marking of the NATURA 2000 day in all European countries http://www.lifecommunity.eu/
Additional, compensatory payment ability, popularization of alternative tourism and potential for sustainable development of remote areas with conserved nature, this is what NATURA 2000 gives to the local population
This is why Green Balkans raised the initiative to mark May 21 – European NATURA 2000 Day
This is the Program of the events for the festivity
“Sakar – Land of Treasures”
May 19 – Harmanli History Museum – official opening of the “Sakar – Land of Treasures” exhibition. The event is co-organized together with the History Museum and is part of the program “Day and night of the Museums”. After its opening the exhibition will be available for viewing to the guests and the residents of Harmanli
Visiting the Lesser Kestrel
May 19 Lesser Kestrel Adaptation and Release Module in Levka village Svilengrad Municipality. Teachers and pupil of Svilengrad Primary School “Ivan Vazov”’s 3rd grade, together with their parents will visit Green Balkans’ Module. The guests will get to see at first hand the life of the Lesser Kestrels in the Green Balkans’ colony for the rare birds in Sakar SPA, part of NATURA 2000.
May 21 Lesser Kestrel Adaptation and Release Module in Levka village Svilengrad Municipality. Teachers and pupil of Svilengrad Primary School “Ivan Vazov”’s 2nd grade, together with their parents will visit Green Balkans’ Module. The guests will get to see at first hand the life of the Lesser Kestrels in the Green Balkans’ colony for the rare birds in Sakar SPA, part of NATURA 2000.
Part of the territories of Svilengrad and Harmanli Municipalities land in one of NATURA 2000 most important Protected Areas – Sakar SPA. Here one may see rare and protected species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrate and plants, ones that are very rare elsewhere in Bulgaria. Such as the Imperial Eagle, Orchid, tortoises, etc. Not long ago the nests of the Lesser Kestrel – a small species of falcon, who was thought to have stopped breeding in Bulgaria – in Levka village were reconstructed thanks to Green Balkans’ project from the EU LIFE program.
May 21 Green Balkans’ Wildlife Rescue Centre in Stara Zagora. The Centre’s hosts are having an Open day. Here the guests may get to know about Green Balkans’ the different projects for Lesser Kestrel’s Sake Falcon’s and different species of Vultures’ breeding in captivity, as part of the Organization’s Program for aid of the wild populations of these species in our country. In most cases the birds broad up in the Centre’s aviaries are released in the wild in different NATURA 2000 zones, the places of their natural habitats
You can also be a part, lets form a butterfly with our hands – the NATURA 2000 Day symbol!
The European ecological network NATURA 2000 is created with the goal of protection of the rare and protected species and their habitats in the European Union. In order to draw the attention of the European citizens to the protection of the biodiversity, the EU is popularizing the marking of the NATURA 2000 day in all European countries http://www.lifecommunity.eu/
Additional, compensatory payment ability, popularization of alternative tourism and potential for sustainable development of remote areas with conserved nature, this is what NATURA 2000 gives to the local population
This is why Green Balkans raised the initiative to mark May 21 – European NATURA 2000 Day
This is the Program of the events for the festivity
“Sakar – Land of Treasures”
May 19 – Harmanli History Museum – official opening of the “Sakar – Land of Treasures” exhibition. The event is co-organized together with the History Museum and is part of the program “Day and night of the Museums”. After its opening the exhibition will be available for viewing to the guests and the residents of Harmanli
Visiting the Lesser Kestrel
May 19 Lesser Kestrel Adaptation and Release Module in Levka village Svilengrad Municipality. Teachers and pupil of Svilengrad Primary School “Ivan Vazov”’s 3rd grade, together with their parents will visit Green Balkans’ Module. The guests will get to see at first hand the life of the Lesser Kestrels in the Green Balkans’ colony for the rare birds in Sakar SPA, part of NATURA 2000.
May 21 Lesser Kestrel Adaptation and Release Module in Levka village Svilengrad Municipality. Teachers and pupil of Svilengrad Primary School “Ivan Vazov”’s 2nd grade, together with their parents will visit Green Balkans’ Module. The guests will get to see at first hand the life of the Lesser Kestrels in the Green Balkans’ colony for the rare birds in Sakar SPA, part of NATURA 2000.
Part of the territories of Svilengrad and Harmanli Municipalities land in one of NATURA 2000 most important Protected Areas – Sakar SPA. Here one may see rare and protected species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrate and plants, ones that are very rare elsewhere in Bulgaria. Such as the Imperial Eagle, Orchid, tortoises, etc. Not long ago the nests of the Lesser Kestrel – a small species of falcon, who was thought to have stopped breeding in Bulgaria – in Levka village were reconstructed thanks to Green Balkans’ project from the EU LIFE program.
May 21 Green Balkans’ Wildlife Rescue Centre in Stara Zagora. The Centre’s hosts are having an Open day. Here the guests may get to know about Green Balkans’ the different projects for Lesser Kestrel’s Sake Falcon’s and different species of Vultures’ breeding in captivity, as part of the Organization’s Program for aid of the wild populations of these species in our country. In most cases the birds broad up in the Centre’s aviaries are released in the wild in different NATURA 2000 zones, the places of their natural habitats
You can also be a part, lets form a butterfly with our hands – the NATURA 2000 Day symbol!
For further information, please contact:
Gradimir Gradev, Green Balkans, Project Manager
Lesser Kestrel Recovery, LIFE11 NAT/BG/360
Mobile: +359 885 609 289; Е-mail: ggradev@greenbalkans.org
