Nature protection and biodiversity - Why care? (Bulgaria)

SOER 2010 Common environmental theme (Deprecated)

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SOER Common environmental theme from Bulgaria

Topic: Nature and biodiversity

more info Organisation name Executive Environment Agency Reporting country Bulgaria Organisation website Organisation website Contact link Contact link Last updated 15 Jul 2011 Content license CC By 2.5 Content provider

Published: 16 Sep 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020 Feed synced: 15 Jul 2011 original

Key message

Bulgaria is one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in Europe.

Between 1991 and 2007, protected areas doubled.

Bulgaria is one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in Europe.

Between 1991 and 2007, protected areas doubled and now cover 5.14 % of the national land area.

Bulgaria has some of the largest Natura 2000 areas in Europe covering 33.8 % of its territory.

A variety of landscapes, geology and microclimates and thousands of years of human activity have resulted in a rich diversity of species, communities and natural habitats. Bulgaria contains three bio-geographic areas (Alpine, Black Sea and Continental), a variety of communities and ecosystems and almost all major European habitat types.