BULGARIAN NATIONAL PARKS

• Official web site of the Bulgarian National Parks
• Central Balkan National Park
• Pirin National Park

BULGARIAN STATE INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Council of Ministers - On this page you can find links to all the Ministries in Bulgaria
• Ministry of Environment and Waters - On this page you can find information for the environmental legislation and the structures and activities of the Ministry
• Environment Executive Agency - The page is under development
• National Trust Eco-Fund
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
• National Forestry Board
• Ministry of Economy – on this page you can also find links to the tourism sector
   

BULGARIAN SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Bulgarian Academy of Science
• Botany Institute
• Central Laboratory on Ecology
• Forestry Institute
• Geography Institute
• National Hydrology and Meteorology Institute
• Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
• Biology Faculty of Sofia University
• Department for information and training of teachers
• Forestry Technical University
• Plovdiv University Paisi Hilendarski
• South-Western University Neofit Rilski
• Technical University - Varna
  

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

• For more information on the environmental legislation you can visit the site of the Ministry of Environment and Waters
• Protected Areas Act
• Environment Protection Act
• Biodiversity Act
• Medicinal Plants Act
• Hunting and Game Preservation Act
• Regulation on the Development of Management Plans for Protected Areas
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern)
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Bonn Convention
• CITES
• The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
  

NON – GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)

• Mountain Rescue Service – Bulgarian Red Cross
• Bulgarian Tourism Union
• Bluelink
• Parks Foundation
• BgGlobe
• Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds
• Green Balkans Federation
• Borrowed Nature Association
• Mointains and People Association
  

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN BULGARIA

• Bulgarian-Swiss Biodiversity Conservation Programme
• United Nationas Development Program
• UNEP - Infoterra: Bulgaria
• REC - Bulgaria
• World Bank
  

OTHER BG ADDRESSESS

TOURISM

• National Ecotourism Strategy and the National Ecotourism Forum 2002
• On this page you can find links to tourism agencies, associations, services
• Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism
• Bulgarian Association of the Tourism Agencies
• Regional Tourism Association Stara Planina
• Municipal Tourism Union Sevlievo
• Troyan Tourism Council
• Pirin Tourism Forum
• Tourism and info center Shiroka Laka
• Toursit and information center "Karlovo"
• Municipality tourist center "Aprilci"
• http://kushteto.hit.bg
• www.alexanertour.com
• http://get.info.bg/visit/dir.asp
• http://abacustrade.com/~kovachevitsa
• http://velkovci.hit.bg
• http://tishina.hit.bg
• http://aprilci.hit.bg
• http://villacolour.hyper-mart.net
• http://leshten.hit.bg
• http://zheravna.hit.bg

• http://veridia.dir.bg
• http://www.info.hit.bg/zdrave/produkti.htm
• http://polys.hit.bg
• http://www.medguide-bg.com
• http://www.b2cnow.com/medical-herb-chinese
• http://www.betterherbs.com
• http://www.eclecticherb.com
• http://www.medherb.com
• http://nnlm.gov/pnr/uwmhg
• http://my.webmd.com
  

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• IUCN - the World Conservation Union
• GEF Secretariat - Global Environment Facility
• World Wide Fund for Nature
• United Nations Environment Programme
• UNEP-WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre)
• UNEP - Infoterra The Global Environmental Information Exchange Network
• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
• National Parks in the World and other environment related links you can find at:
• National Parks Worldwide
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Globe
• PAN Parks
• Greenpeace
• World tourism organization
• WRI - World Resources Institute
• Wetlands International
• NFI - Friends of Nature International
• ICPL - International Centre for Protected Landscapes
• GNF - Global Nature Fund
• FFI - Fauna & Flora International
• CI - Conservation International
• Birdlife International
• IGC Econet
• European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET)
• World heritage – UNESCO
• Man and Biosphere - UNESCO
• European Center for Nature Conservation
• Environmetnal Education on the Internet - EE Link
• Natural Habitats (Natura 2000)
• Environmental Career Opportunities
• Environmental Education Resources
• The National Association for Interpretation USA
• Association for Heritage Interpretation UK
• Heritage, Environmental, and Countryside Interpretation UK
• Links to interpretation organizations
• European Centre for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism
  

INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES OF ENVIRONMENT

• European Union
• European Commission, Environment Directorate
• Council of Europe
• European Environment Agency
• Ministry of Environment of Austria
• Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy
• Ministry of Environment of France
• Federal Ministry of Environment - Germany
• Department of the Environment - Ireland
• Environment Ministry of Italy
• Ministry of Environment of Netherlands
• Ministry of Environment of Norway
• Ministry of Environment of Spain
• Swedish Ministry of Environment
• Environment Agency for England and Wales
• Environmental Protection Agency - USA