The event will be held in the period 15 -17 April 2013 in Pomorie Lake Visitor Center. Host of the event will be Green Balkans NGO which is the Bulgarian partner in the project.
Participants in the event will be all partners in the project: Regional Nature Park «Molentargius - Saline» (Italy), Regional Nature Park “Parco del Delta del Po – Emilia Romagna” (Italy), Green Balkans NGO (Bulgaria), Regional Nature Park “Camargue” (France), Biological Station “Tour du Valat” (France) and CSME of Salins Group (France). The partners will present the progress of their activities within the project and in addition will make presentations on the benefits for local societies from environmental protection and biodiversity conservation.
Additional information:
The main project goal is conservation and achievement of favouravle conservation status in 10 protected sites from the pan-European ecological network Natura 2000 situated in Italy, France and Bulgaria. Habitat types subject to conservation measure within the project include 1150* Coastal lagoon; 1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand; 1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi); 1510* Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia) and others. Target bird species are: Ferroginous duck (Aythya nyroca); Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus); Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus); Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus); Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta); Little, Common and Sandwich terns (Sterna albifrons, Sterna hirundo, Sterna sandvicensis); Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) etc. Secondary objectives are: the elaboration of a management model for salt works; the elaboration of Guidelines for Larus michahellis disturbance mitigation; the improvement of the touristic fruition and the reduction of potential disturbance induced; the elaboration and approval of the management plan for IT4070007 SCI “Salina di Cervia”.
The Green Balkans NGO activities will be directed towards implementation of activities from the developed “Integrated Management Plan of Pomorie Lake” aiming at improvement of nesting conditions of threatened bird species and mitigation of threats for the dune habitats and specific flora caused by invasive plants species Amorpha fruticosa, Spartium junceu, etc.
Project: LIFE10 NAT/IT/256 MC-SALT Environmental Management and Conservation in Mediterranean Saltworks and Coastal Lagoons, with the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community
Duration of the project is from 1 October 2011 to 31 March 2016.
Total costs of the project are 4 949 869 euro, and EC co-financing amounts to 2 395 663 euro
For contact:
Neli Arabadzhieva – Green Balkans NGO ,
narabadzhieva@greenbalkans.org, tel.: + 369 (0) 884 25 77 11
For contact and more information:
Dimitar Popov - Green Balkans NGO, dpopov@greenbalkans.org, tel.: + 359 (0) 885108712
Website of the project: http://www.mc-salt.eu/