{"id":35022,"date":"2025-12-23T11:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%8a%d1%80%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d1%88%d0%b0%d1%84%d1%82\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:44:11","slug":"%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%8a%d1%80%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d1%88%d0%b0%d1%84%d1%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%8a%d1%80%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d1%88%d0%b0%d1%84%d1%82\/","title":{"rendered":"Afforestation for a more connected and resilient landscape in Southeast Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB\/BirdLife Bulgaria), together with volunteers, carried out a large-scale afforestation action in the municipalities of Tundzha, Sredets, Svilengrad, and Topolovgrad. At a total of nine sites, <strong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"355\">400 poplar saplings and 300 Turkey oak saplings<\/strong> were planted. Seven of the sites are newly established afforested areas, while two sites that were planted last year were supplemented. As a result, the total number of afforestation sites established by BSPB in the region has now reached <strong data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"601\">19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35013 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bspb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7039-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tree planting is part of long-term efforts to restore elements of the traditional landscape that play a key role in supporting biodiversity. Groups and linear strips of trees will be created along streams and within agricultural areas. These will serve as <strong data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"888\">ecological corridors<\/strong> for numerous species, improving connectivity between habitats and providing nesting opportunities for threatened birds of prey, including <strong data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1087\">IUCN Red List species such as the Eastern Imperial Eagle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35017 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bspb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0217_D-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BSPB extends its sincere thanks to everyone who made the action possible: <strong data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1177\">Stroyrent<\/strong>, for providing afforestation equipment; <strong data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1254\">Elhovo State Forestry Enterprise<\/strong>, for supplying planting tools and <strong data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1316\">300 Turkey oak saplings<\/strong>; and the volunteers who actively participated in the fieldwork\u2014<strong data-start=\"1380\" data-end=\"1496\">Tiziana Lohja (Albania), Charlotte Rangassamy and Gael Planson Le Serre (France), and Petar Hristov (Madzharovo)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35015 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bspb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7145-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>These activities are part of the project <strong data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1582\">\u201cThe Green Belt of Southeast Bulgaria\u201d<\/strong>, funded by the <strong data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1639\">Endangered Landscapes Programme (ELP)<\/strong>, which is managed by the <strong data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1702\">Cambridge Conservation Initiative<\/strong>\u2014a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and leading international organisations focused on biodiversity conservation. The University and the Endangered Landscapes Programme are supported by <strong data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"1916\">Arcadia<\/strong>, a charitable fund of <strong data-start=\"1939\" data-end=\"1975\">Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB\/BirdLife Bulgaria), together with volunteers, carried out a large-scale afforestation action in the municipalities of Tundzha, Sredets, Svilengrad, and Topolovgrad. At a total of nine sites, 400 poplar saplings and 300 Turkey oak saplings were planted. 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