On 22nd April, we celebrate Earth Day, which this year, as a continuation of last year’s campaign, is held under the motto “Investing in our planet”. Together we must invest in our planet – that’s the call by the www.EARTHDAY.ORG platform, which coordinates events around the world each year to demonstrate ...

  A maximum number of localities will implement initiatives under this year's campaign   Outdoor labs for children, furniture from recycled materials in parks, and green libraries are among the projects funded in the “Clean Environment 2023” campaign. In this year’s competition looking for the most original and envir...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) and the four basin directorates for water management discussed the draft Flood Risk Management Plans for the period 2022-2027 (FRMPs) at a national meeting with key stakeholders. This is the first information event since the publication of the documents on 15 December 2022 for public consultation...

  A key priority for us in the long term is to reduce plastic pollution by designing plastic products to be reusable, recyclable, and compostable. This position was expressed by the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova during a discussion today in the framework of the informal meeting of EU Environment Ministers in Stockholm....

  The Minister of the Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova ordered immediate actions to protect and consereve the Baikusheva Pine, after checking today on site the condition of the oldest centennial coniferous tree in Bulgaria. The inspection was initiated after a report by the director of the park Rosen Banenski to the leadership of th...

  “It depends on our actions to save the planet because we have inherited it and, as responsible citizens and parents, we must bequeath it to you, our children, in a better condition. Climate change is happening here and now, and we have no time for hesitation,” Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva addressed the ...

Our understanding is that effective environmental conservation and respectively effective management of protected areas is possible only if it is based on reliable scientific data interpreted by experts that have the necessary experience and expertise. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Maria Boyadzhiyska at the opening o...

The efforts by municipalities to implement pilot and innovative approaches to deal with the challenges that are currently on the agenda in respect to climate really show that with will, knowledge, and experience, sustainable results can be achieved. With this statement, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva addressed the partic...

  Prime Minister Galab Donev and the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova viewed a photo exhibition of the natural treasures in National Park Rila. In the building of the Council of Ministers, 30 photographs by the winners in the photo contest “30 Years of National Park Rila – ‘A Challenge for future generat...

During the high-level review of the pre-accession process, Deputy Minister Boyadzhiyska welcomed the OECD representatives and said that for the MOEW it is of high priority to achieve full compliance with all legal instruments and foundational principles of the organization. The delegation of the OECD Environmental Policy Committee was led by Mr. E...

Within the framework of the Mission by the Environmental Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-operation (OECD), on April 4th and 5th meetings will be held at the ministry, whereby a technical review will be made and issues will be discussed in relation to the compliance by the Republic of Bulgaria with the instruments of the organiz...

At the meeting of the Commission for the adoption of a specialized map with records of sand dunes, located outside the sea beaches “Kavatsite – Sever” and “Kavatsite – Yug”, held on 29.03.2023 in Burgas, municipality of Sozopol, it was only the representative of the MOEW that expressed a differing opinion and dis...