[CML #16322] Fwd: Call for ACT - safe Pirin National Park in Bulgaria

Dear Jean-Pierre,

Thank you very much for all your support for this important effort to preserve Pirin mountains. It is also very rich with unique caves. In fact I just arrived from Pirin few minutes ago. There is a cave even on the top of the mountain at over 2900 meters altitude, but karst springs in the region are at 500 m altitude, thus suggesting 2400 meters denivelation of cave passages there. There are also hydrothermal caves formed by waters coming from the depth of the earth with rare cave minerals.

All the best,

Yavor

Dr.Yavor Shopov, President of the UIS commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology of Karst

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On Sun, 11/27/16, Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns <> wrote:

Subject: Call for ACT - safe Pirin National Park in Bulgaria

English

below.

Chers collègues,

Le Parc national de Pirin en Bulgarie, une partie du

patrimoine naturel mondial de l'UNESCO est menacé. Un

nouveau projet de plan de gestion est sur le

point d'être adopté d' abord par le ministère

de l'Environnement et par le Conseil des ministres

ensuite. Malgré le fait que le parc

est en catégorie UICN II et fait partie du réseau Natura

2000, le plan de gestion du parc

prévoit la levée de l' interdiction de nouvelles

constructions et de l' exploitation forestière

commerciale. Cela signifie qu'un véritable joyau de

nature en montagne dans l'Europe du Sud - Est va

perdre de sa valeur au cours des 10 prochaines années,

la période de temps pendant laquelle le plan de gestion

sera en vigueur. Le territoire, entre autres karstique, de

prédilection des chamois, des ours bruns, des sources

cristallines et des lacs, et la forêt ancienne sera

endommagée pour toujours.

Pour la communauté de conservation bulgare Pirin est un

emblème. Les ONG bulgares se battent pour limiter la

construction de nouvelles installations de ski depuis plus

d'une décennie , et si le plan est adopté tel que

proposé, ces efforts seront vains.

Fixant le 15 Novembre , vous pourrait soutenir la lutte

de la communauté bulgare de conservation de la nature

pour protéger Pirin dans un moment crucial, en signant la

pétition et exhortant le Premier ministre bulgare de ne pas

adopter ce plan. https://makeyourmark.

panda.org/pirin

S'il vous plaît partager notre appel à vos supporters

et amis.

Et déjà merci beaucoup pour votre soutien !

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------------------------------ -----Dear colleagues,

By request of our colleagues from WWF we joined their

campaign for protection of National Park Pirin in Bulgaria.

We would be gratefull if you sign the petition and share the

information among your contacts:

Dear colleagues and friends,

Pirin National Park in Bulgaria, part of the UNESCO’s

world natural heritage is under threat. A new draft

management plan is about to be adopted first by the Ministry

of the Environment and then by the Council of Ministers.

Despite the fact that the park is IUCN category II and is

part of the Natura 2000 network, the park management plan

envisages lifting the ban on new construction and commercial

logging. This means a jewel of real mountain wilderness in

South - Eastern Europe will lose its value during the next

10 years, the period of time in which the management plan

will be in force. The,

territory amongs

others, of chamois and brown bears, crystal clear

springs and lakes, and ancient forest will be damaged

forever.

For the Bulgarian conservation community Pirin is an emblem.

Bulgarian NGOs have been fighting for limiting the

construction of new ski facilities for more than a decade

and if the plan is adopted as proposed, these efforts will

go down the drain.

You could support

the struggle of Bulgarian nature conservation community to

protect Pirin in a crucial moment, by signing the petition

and urging the Bulgarian Prime Minister to not adopt this

plan. https://makeyourmark.panda.org

/pirin

Please share our appeal to your supporters and friends.

Thank you very much in advance!

Jean-Pierre

BartholeynsUIS Karst and Cave Protection

Department

President

Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns

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