If you’ve walked the rocky beaches along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, you’ve probably noticed dark bands of sand where everything else is golden. That black sand isn’t pollution, and it isn’t a sign that something’s wrong with the sea. It’s a geological phenomenon — and the way we can now observe it says something…
The European Commission has put the Birds and Habitats Directives through a stress test. What we think on the substance — and why the largest saving lies in the data, not in the legal norms.
Wetlands are the most productive ecosystems on the continent and the ones disappearing fastest. Why protection alone is no longer enough — and what restoration looks like in practice.
The Economic and Social Council adopted an analysis of irrigation in Bulgaria. Why the water crisis is one of regulation rather than quantity — and why wetlands are agriculture’s ally, not its competitor.