Nature conservation and regional development in South-East Europe illustrated by the examples of Romania and Bulgaria

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1 Nature conservation and regional development in South-East Europe illustrated by the examples of Romania and Bulgaria The project is funded by Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. and Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and implemented by the Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation (NNA) in cooperation with EuroNatur, Europarc and the University of Lüneburg

2 NatuRegio Seminar Plovdiv, Bulgaria, January 2009 Overall programme Date Time Activity 08 Jan (Thu) Arrival of participants in Plovdiv 09 Jan (Fri) Seminar day with presentations in Plovdiv Hotel Belleville 10 Jan (Sa) Excursion to Belozem and Stara Zagora Wildlife Rescue Center 11 Jan (So) Excursion to Paysachnik reservoir and Starosel 12 Jan (Mo) Departure of trainees to Germany 08 January, Thursday: Arrival of participants Time Topic Type of activity Speaker / facilitator Lunch at the hotel for participants arriving early Informal meeting of meeting project partners (NNA, EuroNatur, Uni-Lüneburg and Europarc) at the hotel Dinner

3 09 January, Friday: Presentations and Time Topic Type of activity Speaker / facilitator Welcome and introduction Annika Frech (NNA) and Gunther Willinger (EuroNatur) The Eastern European Flyway: current scientific knowledge about status and problems What are the aims/strategies of MOEW for the protection of migrating birds in BG and how are these pursued Coffee break Illegal hunting: Experiences from work in practice Dragoman fen how to deal with pressure from hunting and wind power Lunch break GPS and radio telemetry of Imperial eagles and Black vultures Wind power and birds experiences from Dadia, Evros-Delta, Greece Management of protected areas in favour of nature and people Guided Walk through Plovdiv Old Town Coffee break Evaluation Interim results What s going on with trainees projects and the NatuRegio-project in general? time for all kinds of questions and about trainees project design, problems, praise etc. Boris Nikolov- BOC - Bulgarian Ornithological Centre, Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Valeri Georgiev Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) and CITES focal point for Bulgaria Borislav Borisov - Environmental Inspector Andrey Ralev - Balkani Wildlife Society Gradimir Gradev - Beatriz Carcamo WWF Greece Evros Project Toma Belev Association of Parks in Bulgaria and Director of Vitosha Nature Park. Dimitar Popov - Dorothe Lütkemöller - University of Lüneburg Trainees, NatuRegio- Partners

4 10 January, Saturday: Field trip day 1 Time Location/Topic Type of activity Speaker / facilitator Plovdiv: Pygmy cormorant roosting site at Maritsa River field trip Dimitar Popov Belozem: Visit of the European Stork village in Bulgaria, meeting with local stakeholders and presentation of stork villages network Lunch Stara Zagora: Wildlife Rescue centre /CITES centre How does the center work, why does the center work, experience with the problems caused by hunting, illegal bird trade and wind power plants field trip and meeting, short presentation visit of rescue center, presentation about the work of the center Dimitar Popov -, mayor of Belozem, EuroNatur Ivailo Klisurov and Hristina Hristova or Sashka Vitanova of the Wildlife Rescue Center 11 January, Sunday: Field trip day 2 Time Location/Topic Type of activity Speaker / facilitator Long-eared owl roosting site in Plovdiv field trip Dimitar Popov Paysachnik reservoir wintering water birds and field trip Gradimir Gradev - Natura 2000 site Lunch Starosel: Visit of ancient field trip Local guide Thracian tomb Starosel: Wine tasting 12 January, Monday: Departure of participants

5 Conference venue Hotel Belle Ville 24-26, P.R/Slaveykov 4000 Plovdiv Bulgaria Tel: Fax: ; Internet: Contact adresses for all questions/feedback about the Plovdiv-workshop: Gunther Willinger EuroNatur - Foundation Konstanzer Strasse 22 D Radolfzell (Germany) fon: ++49 (0) mobile: fax: ++49 (0) gunther.willinger@euronatur.org Dimitar Popov Operations Manager Federation of Nature Conservation NGO's GREEN BALKANS 15 Solna Str. Pomorie, Bulgaria Tel: +359 (0) Fax: +359 (0) Mobile +359 (0) dpopov@greenbalkans.org Internet: NatuRegio-Programme is coordinated by Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation (NNA) Hof Möhr D Schneverdingen Project Coordination: Dr. Annika Frech: annika.frech@nna.de Stefan Peters: stefan.peters@nna.de Tel: 0049-(0) Fax: 0049-(0)