12.05.2022
25 people, representatives of the local authorities, businesses, and various NGOs in the Burgas region took part in the focus groups, part of the sociological survey of the LIFE Safe Grid for Burgas project ("LIFE20 NAT/BG/001234 life safe grid for Burgas"), which is implemented by Ideas Bulgaria and NASOCA. The interviews were held on May 8 and 9, 2022, in Burgas, Pomorie, and in the village of Marinka.
Specialists from the Environment Directorate of Burgas Municipality, the Construction, Spatial Planning, Municipal Property, and Project Management Directorate (SUTOSUP) of Pomorie Municipality, the Mayor of the village of Marinka, Lyubomir Uzunov, experts from the Poda Conservation Center of BSPB, representatives of the Executive Agency for Fisheries and Agriculture, and the Bulgarian Union of Hunters and Anglers (UHAB), farmers, business representatives and entrepreneurs in the field of tourism - owners of hotels and restaurants in or near the target territories - took part in the group discussions on the topic Conservation of endangered bird species by securing power lines around Burgas.
The LIFE Safe Grid for Burgas project is implemented by Electrorazpredelenie Yug (part of EVN) and the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and is funded by the LIFE Program of the European Union. It covers the wetlands around the town of Burgas, Atanasovsko Lake, Burgas Lake (Vaya), Mandra-Poda Complex, and Pomorie Lake, which are located on one of the two main migratory routes of birds in Europe – Via Pontica and are part of the NATURA 2000 network in Bulgaria.
