Directorate of the Central Balkan National Park visits the fourth "A" class at the "Raycho Karolev" Secondary School on the occasion of Natura 2000 Day and Biodiversity Day
21 May 2025
On May 20, on the occasion of the European Natura 2000 Day, celebrated on May 21 and the International Day for Biodiversity – May 22, experts from the Central Balkan National Park Directorate held eco-activities with 21 students from the Raicho Karolev Secondary School in Gabrovo. The activities aimed to introduce them to the European Ecological Network – Natura 2000, biodiversity, protected areas, as well as species that are protected in them. For the children, who, among other things, also participate in the Young Ecologist club at the school, this will be part of the foundations for further building their environmental awareness and perhaps their future as ecologists.
In 2025, 33 years will be celebrated since the establishment of the European Ecological Network. It was on May 21, 1992. One of the important Directives of the European Union related to nature conservation was adopted – the one on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna. Through it and through the Directive on the conservation of wild birds, adopted in 1979, the network of protected areas, known as NATURA 2000, is being built.
Natura 2000 is the largest functionally interconnected network of protected areas in the world, in which coordinated actions are implemented to protect biological diversity, with the aim of long-term and sustainable conservation of the most valuable and endangered species, their habitats, ecosystems, landscapes and nature in general, combined with additional benefits for forest and land owners, stimulating them to engage in the nature conservation functions of their lands, as part of the pan-European ecological network.
In 2025, 33 years will be celebrated since the establishment of the European Ecological Network. It was on May 21, 1992. One of the important Directives of the European Union related to nature conservation was adopted – the one on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna. Through it and through the Directive on the conservation of wild birds, adopted in 1979, the network of protected areas, known as NATURA 2000, is being built.
Natura 2000 is the largest functionally interconnected network of protected areas in the world, in which coordinated actions are implemented to protect biological diversity, with the aim of long-term and sustainable conservation of the most valuable and endangered species, their habitats, ecosystems, landscapes and nature in general, combined with additional benefits for forest and land owners, stimulating them to engage in the nature conservation functions of their lands, as part of the pan-European ecological network.
