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For the Balkans and the People REALISED PES SCHEMES Issue 08 UZANA POLYANA FEST For the Balkans and the people REALISED PES SCHEMES August 2014 Monthly bulletin for the activities of “Linking nature conservation and rural In June and July, a number of individual meetings in development” Project, funded by Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme, through relation to realizing PES schemes with various businesses „Reform Fund linked to Civil Society Participation“ were conducted. The schemes which will be realized on the territory of Bulgarka Natural Park include: In this issue: SWISS NATIONAL HOLIDAY WAS CELBRATED PES preserving of drinking water combines the Page 1 Tasty food from the Balkan for the Swiss Embassy stakeholders locally NPO (EKIP Bulgarka) and the firm WITH TASTY FOOD FROM THE BALKAN 125 gifts from the Balkan Kurabiynitsa OOD (Roo’bar). The ever decreasing quantity Programme for Pro-biodiversity businesses and quality of water as a result of uncontrolled felling of Page 2 Briefly for the activities in this issue Page 3 Realized PES schemes forests and the lack of funds for their maintenance is a Memorandum with Tourism businesses current problem for the park territory. The funds for Page 4 Uzana polyana fest 2014 realizing the scheme are generated by the sales of st Page 5 Degustation at the Swiss Embassy on August 1 Roo’bar shelves for their products. Page 6 Lunch with farmer food at MAF Special edition for PES in Capital Daily Page 7 One exciting summer for BBF at Uzana Page 8 WWF is organizing discussion for PES in Western Stara Planina Direct sales of the farmers started in the project region стр.9 Programme for Pro-biodiversity businesses For a second year For the Balkan and People project Стр. 10 Training for interpretation participates in a summer fest of green ideas as a way of life – Forest methodology with MAF Uzana Polyana fest. This time, however, the weather seemed more suiting presentations on climate change than the summer. "125 GIFTS FROM THE BALKAN" Details on page 4 Bulgarian bioproducts from the project were served at the traditional reception given by the Swiss Ambassador in Bulgaria – Her Excellency Mrs. Regina Escher, on the occasion of the national holiday of the Media tour in Western Stara Planina Swiss Confederation, August 1. Details at page 5 Продължава на стр.2 Programme for support of Pro-biodiversity businesses On August 23 Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds (BSPB) hosted a farm products tasting event at the More on page 3 National Natural History Museum during the celebrations of the 125th Anniversary of its establishment. From August On June 21 and 22, BSPB organized a second media tour 19 till August 24, the Museum will be open nonstop for “The Unknown Western Stara Planina”. Due to great media 125 hours. The tasting event which is part of the project interest, another tour around the region of Chuprene, “For the Balkan and the people” will gather scientists, Berkovitsa, Chiprovtsi, Lopushanski Monastery and others The repaired small factory of Sinevka Ltd. administration representatives, media, and others. will be made very soon. The goal is that we present the destination as good for rural, adventure, nature and Second session of the Programme leaded by APB is running now. Farmers which we support within the framework of the Page 2 gourmet tourism, and thus support local communities and Details for the development of the first financed projects could be Swiss project will also be present at the event and will nature protection. read on page 9 present personally their products. REALISED PES SCHEMES COALITION’S MEMORAND UM WITH TOURISM AT UZANA POLYANA FEST – with a little rain and fog, but lots of good humor and active participation In addition to the direct and indirect environmental benefits, BRANCH the PES scheme will allow the company producer to reduce the On July 17, 2014, For the Nature Coalition and organisations water footprint of its product, through afforestation of new from the tourism branch and for preserving cultural heritage and important for the quality and quantity of water territories signed a memorandum, in which they define nature and in the park and in this way will have a positive impact also on cultural heritage protection as a priority for development of the actual problem of climate change. Bulgarian tourism. PES preservation of the local gene pool includes as The goal of the memorandum is turning Bulgaria into a stakeholders locally NPO (EKIP Bulgarka) and the firm K- preferred destination for tourism through raising the quality express. As a result of abandoning traditional agricultural of tourism services, putting an end to the loss of biodiversity practices and depopulation, many local animal breeds are and restricting the negative impact on the environment, endangered of extinction. change of the attitudes in preserving the authenticity of On the other hand, the lack of grazing animals leads to cultural heritage and engaging local population. The impairment of grass habitats, they lose their natural value, memorandum declares support for observing legal For the Balkan and the People project was involved at all levels in the festival – at the Eco market we had a stand of the project, bushes invade, and gradually turn to forest. As a part of its restrictions on activities in vulnerable regions, protected at which our colleagues from Bioselena presented various farm product s – cheese, yellow cheese, milk, eggs, flat sausage, and two-month campaign in its restaurants and counters, K-express areas and zones of Natura 2000 network. others. will offer meals of select recipes from the regions of Balgarka Amendments to the laws regulating territory planning and At the Eco Academy, BBF presented activities, materials on the project and the newest design of For the Nature Coalition shirts. NP and Vrachanski Balkan. The collected funds will be used for construction will be initiated, with the purpose of stopping We took part in the Presentation Center program with three presentations – „Linking nature protection with rural buying lambs of the breeds srednostaroplaninska and urbanization of tourism resources at the Black Sea as the development” (Tencho Hristov, Bioselena); Uzana Children nature academy (Rossen Vassilev, BBF), as well as the interesting karakachanska sheep, and their breeding at local farms on the beaches in the protected areas, the part of the Zones A and B theme of Jordanka Dineva on Biosphere reserves. On the third day of the fest, the campaign of For the Nature Coalition about territory of the park, which will create opportunities for new on Black Sea coast falling in the protected areas of European the legislative protection of nature was presented by Jordanka Dineva again. green jobs and a more sustainable development of the region. ecological network Natura 2000. There was great interest in “The Story about the Inhabitants of the Balkan”, which took place in the Children Center. The The joint work will include preparation of common positions attractive huge costumes of ground squirrel, badger, ant, shepherd dog and eagle attracted children of all ages, who through for legislation amendments, civic control on legislative and interactive theater and with the help of puppet actress Margo acted live in an adventurous Balkan story, written exclusively by executive powers and integrating the expert capacity for Desislava Zhivkova (of BBF team). preparation of strategic and programme documents. But probably the most impressive for all participants in the festival was the several-hour demonstration by Bioselena Foundation on how to make fresh yellow cheese and mozzarella (specially salted to suit our taste). How from yoghurt after 40 The memorandum was signed after a few meetings between minutes of shaking is got supreme fresh butter. What butter-milk (matenitsa) is and how tasty and buttery it is. Most tourism and nature protection organisations, at which they impressed were the guests from Asia, who watched long the process and tasted with delight the products which were made. found out they had common problems, and agreed to inform each other and to come out with common positions on During the outdoor cinema, on July 19, four short films were shown, provided by BSPB as part of the project about the problems of mutual interest. The first joint initiative was experience of Italy and Switzerland in processing at the farm and in direct sales. preparation of position on the amendments to Black Sea Coast Spatial Planning Act. page 3 Стр. 4 . Degustation of food produced in farms in the Swiss embassy for the Swiss national holiday The menu included food only from the region of Central and West Stara planina with the idea to promote the bulgarian biofood and its presence on the European markets – the bulgarian bioproduction has a big potentntial - as her Excelenc y M r s . Es c her noted. A meeting between representatives of the Coalition For the Nature Biological honey from too bee gardens from Kalofer - The festive event, which took place in the Swiss and its friends and volunteers wad conducted on the 23 of July, 201 Popovi and Nachevi, the first registered by the project 4 in “Plus tova”. We met, we get to know each other and we liked embassy in Sofia - part of the traditionally team of “For the Balkan and the people”bee gardens. each other. We got inspired by our common goal to work together organized reception for the Swiss national holiday On the photo: Tanya Nacheva and Chonka Popova for conservation of the nature, which we all love and protect; we LUNCH WITH FARM PRODUCTS FROM THE was made “tastier” with the help of white and also manage to overcome the division between “You” and “We” and BALKAN IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE yellow cheese, honey, milk, bread and wallnuts also manage to unite in one community for future active actions.
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