Bulgaria Marks Nature Parks’ Day with Clean-Up
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The park’s “ambassadors,” including celebrities from the theatre, music, media and political spheres will take part in the collection of trash, as well as the renovation of the park’s infrastructure and marked routes.
Bulgaria’s 11 nature parks include: Vitosha, just outside of Sofia; Shumenso Plato; Strandzha on the Black Sea Coast; Rilski Manastir; Zlatni Pyasatsi; Vrachanski Balkan; Rusenski Lom; Bulgarka near the town of Gabrovo; Sinite Kamani near the town of Sliven; Persina near Belene; and Belasitsa.
The parks are among the most visited protected territories in the country, attracting about 10 million people every year. Some of them, unfortunately, leave trash behind and damage the rest spots and the marked routes.
During the first edition of the National Park Day in the autumn of 2007, over a thousand volunteers collected 12 tonnes of garbage, mostly plastic, in Bulgaria’s nature parks. Last spring, as BalkanTravellers.com reported, over 2,300 volunteers collected 15 tonnes of trash.
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