The dunes of Pomorie Lake are situated within a protected territory according to the national law, the European Directives and the Ramsar convention. They are a rare habitat sheltering a number of rare plant species, incl. such of the Red Data Book of Bulgaria. Due to human activities several invasive species from Asia and North America are now growing on the dunes of Pomorie and on many other places in Bulgaria. The alien plants are very adaptive and aggressive and threaten to supplant the local species. Thus, their timely removal is a priority conservation activity.
The good news is that only for several days, within the Big Green Weekend, the volunteers managed to clean a significant part of the dunes from the invasive plants. The experts from Green Balkans NGO consider that with several additional volunteer campaigns and regular monitoring, the dunes of Pomorie Lake may preserve their natural condition. The next cleaning is planned for the spring of 2013.
Within the campaign the volunteers also constructed several nesting boxes for Shelducks. This bird species is emblematic for Pomorie Lake and the improvement of its habitats is also an activity within project LIFE10 NAT/IT/256 MC-SALT Environmental Management and Conservation in Mediterranean Saltworks and Coastal Lagoons.
For more information:
Dimitar Popov – Green Balkans NGO
dpopov@greenbalkans.org
