REDUCTION OF WASTE IN THE WATER AREA OF NESSEBAR THROUGH CLEANING ACTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE LOCAL POPULATION: PROTECTION OF MARINE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY AND RESOURCE FOR LOCAL TRADITIONAL LIVELIHOODS
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Project name: „Reduction of waste in the water area of Nessebar through cleaning actions and campaigns to raise awareness of the local population: protection of marine natural and cultural heritage as a public responsibility and resource for local traditional livelihoods“
Project number: BGENVIRONMENT – 2.003-0005
Project promoter: Nessebar Municipality
Budget: 81 221,57 EUR
Start of the implementation: Grant Contract Number D-33-9/26.02.2021
Project duration: 18 months
LATEST NEWS
Achieved goals and end result
The project proposal “Reducing waste in the water area of Nessebar through cleaning actions and campaigns to raise awareness of...
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Lecture by Dr. Naiden Prahov – director of the “Center for Underwater Archaeology”
The underwater cultural and natural heritage of Nessebar – a resource for cultural tourism and sustainable development
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A final press conference was held on a project to reduce waste in the water area
The project to reduce waste in the water area of the town of Nessebar is coming to an end. The...
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Nesebar is one of the most significant cultural and historical sites in Bulgaria. It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1983 due to the numerous preserved cultural monuments, both on land and underwater, and its unique, authentic and well preserved historical and natural landscape. Part of this landscape –the seafloor around Nesebar peninsula is badly affected by the litter.
ACHIEVED RESULTS
Within the framework of the project, the seabed of the Northern Port in Nessebar was cleaned through two diving campaigns. First, a remote survey of the seabed was carried out to identify the debris by type, then with two diving campaigns, all debris was cleaned up.
More than 1,200 – 1,300 car tires, as well as umbrellas, dead anchors and other debris, were removed from the seabed. The leaders of the project considered this a serious success in the fight for a cleaner sea and a successful tourist season.
They have been transported to the Transshipment Station – Nessebar, where they will be sorted and handed over for recycling.
