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Forest Week - the history of the holyday

The Forestry Guild celebrates its "Forest Week" every year in the first full week of April. This year marks the 95th anniversary of its first commemoration, although actions to restore, manage and conserve the Bulgarian forests begin immediately after the Liberation in 1878. The newly created state initially establishes security units for foot and horse forest guards from local administrations. One year later, on July 5, 1879, an independent Sector for Forestry Supervision...

Forest week

As an alternative to all canceled events, on the occasion of Forest Week 2020, traditionally held in the first full week of April, this year, from April 6 to April 12, the Forestry Executive Agency challenges teens to write, paint , create for the forest.

April 1 - International Bird Day

Today marks International Bird Day. Nowadays, many bird species are threatened with extinction to make sure you open the Red Data Book or the Red List of Endangered Species of the international organization IUCN. That is why a decision was made on December 6, 1906 and a special date of April 1 was declared by the Convention for the Protection of Rare Birds as International Bird Day. This is one of the first conservation dates in the international calendar of global events,...

Earth Hour

Earth Hour is celebrated annually by tradition on the last Saturday of March (March 28). Then between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm, millions of people around the world will symbolically turn off the lighting in their homes, and sign buildings will dim their facades. Earth Hour is the largest global initiative to protect our common home - planet Earth. This year, as part of the campaign in Bulgaria, it will address the care of forests, which play a key role in managing climate change...