Author: Via Pontica

  World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 in order to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and protection of the environment. World Environment Day has been a platform for raising awareness on environmental issues such as…

Statement of 76 organisations on the state of play of the negotiations on the revision of EU rules on pesticides statistics The undersigned organisations express their deep concerns about the direction the negotiations within trilogues are taking on the reform…

For centuries bees, among the hardest working creatures on the planet, have benefited people, plants and the environment. By carrying pollen from one flower to another, bees and other pollinators enable not only the production of an abundance of fruits,…

  On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Natura 2000 network, the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius announced the winners of the 2022 edition of the Natura 2000 Awards. The six…

For another year, the Via Pontica Foundation is participating in the European Commission’s initiative “European Maritime Day in my country” on the occasion of the European Maritime Day 2022. The European Maritime Day (EMD) is an annual two-day event during…

  Healed birds, cured with the help of the team of the Wildlife Rescue Center – Stara Zagora, were released today at the Ecopark “Vaya” near Burgas. Vaya Ecopark for Biodiversity and Alternative Tourism is located near the Vaya Lake…

Together with 78 environmental and farming organisations, Via Pontica Foundation signed a letter calling for strong farming pesticide statistics. Plant protection products (PPPs) are pesticides used to protect crops. The EU framework aims to achieve sustainable use of PPPs by…

  Jubilee commemorative coin of high public and world importance, promoting the huge bird wealth of Bulgaria will be issued by the Bulgarian National Bank on the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2022. The silver coin, depicting a Great Crested…

  General Assembly of the United Nations, in its 75th session of 30 August 2021, adopted the Resolution on World Wetlands Day. The Resolution was co-sponsored by 75 Member States and can be found in the six official languages of…

  The Earth is getting warmer and time is running out to prevent irreversible damage to our planet. The average surface air temperature has risen about 1°C since 1900, with over half the increase coming since the mid-1970s, as human…