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🐝 Why Protecting Pollinators Means Protecting Food Security
Pollinators play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems and supporting global food production. Bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinating species are responsible for helping thousands of plant species reproduce, including many crops that form part of everyday diets around the world. Recent research continues to highlight growing concerns about pollinator decline across Europe and…
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Black Sea Ecosystems Remain Under Growing Environmental Pressure Ahead of World Oceans Day
With World Oceans Day approaching on 8 June, attention across the Black Sea region continues to focus on the growing environmental challenges affecting marine biodiversity, coastal ecosystems, and protected habitats. The Black Sea remains one of Europe’s most vulnerable marine ecosystems. Pollution, habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, invasive species, and increasing environmental pressure linked to climate…
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Migratory Bird Populations Along Major Flyways Continue to Decline, New Reports Warn
Migratory Bird Populations Along Major Flyways Continue to Decline, Raising Concerns for Wetlands and Biodiversity Conservation Recent conservation reports warn that up to half of bird species using the African-Eurasian migratory flyway are currently in decline, highlighting growing environmental pressures affecting some of the world’s most important migration corridors and wetland ecosystems. According to recent…
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Via Pontica and the Importance of Biodiversity Protection Along the Black Sea Flyway
The Black Sea migratory route known as Via Pontica remains one of the most important bird flyways in Europe. Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds cross the region during seasonal migration periods, using wetlands, coastal habitats, and protected ecosystems along the Black Sea coast for feeding, nesting, and rest. As Bulgaria continues discussions…
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Marine Heatwaves as a New Challenge for the Black Sea
In recent years scientists have recorded a clear trend towards an increase in so-called marine heatwaves — prolonged periods during which sea water temperature remains significantly above its usual values. Data from global studies show that the frequency of these events has increased by more than 50 percent since the 1980s, and their duration is…