Bulgaria

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The territory of Bulgaria is 110 912 square kilometres. The country is characterized by rich diversity in morphological, geological, geomorphological, hydro-climatic and soil-biogenic aspect. The relief of the country is deeply indented in a vertical direction. There are six autonomous zones (lowland, plain, hill, low mountain, middle mountain and high mountain). Over two thirds of the country’s territory is situated in the zones of up to 600 metres above the sea level, i.e., predominant are plains and hilly lands. The climate of the country is mostly defined by its geographical position in the southern part of the temperate continental climatic zone and occupies a transitory position to the Mediterranean climate. The predominant plants are of the forest – steppe type. In the north and northeast, more common is the steppe vegetation and in the south – the forest plants. Forests occupy approximately 30 % of the country’s territory, where ¾ of them are deciduous forests.


New WWF Study on the potential of floodplain protection and restoration
to support flood risk mitigation for people living along the Danube and its major tributaries reviews the recent 2006 flood disasters along the Danube and selected and to produce a first overview about the physical restoration potential in four case studies along the Lower Danube Green Corridor (LDGC).

Overview of Water Resources

The hydro-geographic network of the country is rather complex and in most of the regions – quite dense, without very big rivers with the exception of the River Danube forming the northern border. These peculiarities are due to the fact that the country has a small territory, is located near sea basins (the Black Sea to the east and the Aegean Sea to the south), it has a transitional continental climate and deeply indented relief. On average the perennial flow is estimated at about 19-20 billion cubic metres and per a secured year at 75 % or about 14 billion cubic metres.

Projects

UNDP-Projects

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Ideas under drafting:

Bulgaria - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EU FOR IDENTIFYING, INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER BODIES IN THE EAST AEGEAN REGION



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Bulgaria - PILOT PROJECT FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER TUNDZHA BASIN AS A SUB-BASIN OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER MARITSA BASIN



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Regional:


Others


Reports

JICA Study Integrated Environmental Management in Maritsa/Maritza Basin in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria, Sanitation Country Profile

This report provides a thorough profile of Bulgaria's policies and regulations in relation to sanitation.

Bulgaria, Freshwater Country Profile

This report provides a thorough overview of freshwater policies in Bulgaria.

Rural Regions: Overcoming Development Disparities 2004

The report analyses rural regions in Bulgaria from three important perspectives.

Bulgaria Annual Review 2003

This report is a review of UNDP's work in Bulgaria in 2003.

Country Reporting on the National Assessment and Consultation Process for WSSD

Bulgaria MDG Report Goal 7

This report addresses Bulgaria's achievement towards meeting goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals to ensure environmental sustainability.

Country Evaluation: Bulgaria Assessment of Development Results

The Assessment of Development Results (ADR) is an independent evaluation that aims to capture and demonstrate evaluative evidence of UNDP’s contributions to development results at the country level.

Benchmarking Workshops: A Tool for Localizing the Millennium Development Goals in Bulgaria and Russia

The overall goal of the project was to determine how participatory benchmarking workshops could be used to create local ownership of the MDGs by translating them into a local context.

Institutional Options for Sustainable Irrigation: Evidence from Bulgaria, Ivan PENOV (2003)

Water usage in Bulgaria declined with nearly 85% during the period of transition.

Water Resources Management in South Eastern Europe, The World Bank (2003)

The report aims to summarize key issues and strategic directions for improved WRM at the national and transboundary levels for the South Eastern Europe (SEE) region.

Resources and Links

Contacts

CoP-Members
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External Links

Ministry of Environment and Water in Bulgaria

Bulgaria Water Partnership

Bulgarian Environmental NGO’s Directory

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