Environmentalists gathered at Alepu’s retaining wall this morning to hold a peaceful procession entitled “July for Nature 2000”. To support their demands, dozens of
people from all over Bulgaria shared photos on the Internet from the place where they met the first July sunrise, adding #JulyforNature in their posts.
The initiators invited people from all over to join the July for Natura 2000 by sending their photos or appeals “for nature to remain”. Those who had the opportunity to reach Driver’s Beach this morning were invited to join a procession to Alepu from Duni Beach.
“After we meet the sunrise together, at 7 o’clock we will walk along the Driver’s Beach to Cape Humata. Everyone is welcome to join, anywhere and at any time.”
“Let’s walk along the beach to Alepu to carry our vibrant, colorful, solar energy collected by Julia, the sea and the sunrise – to one of the most iconic places right now that needs our human support, not concrete props…”
A week ago we informed you from Iskra.bg about the next protest with similar demands, which took place in 10 cities in the country on June 25. At the time, conservationists had risen up against changes to the Biodiversity Act (BDA) and for genuine Natura 2000 conservation, which would prevent construction in the few remaining undeveloped natural areas by the sea. As a result, GERB withdrew some of its proposals for changes in the BDA, and the BSP demanded that the law not be changed altogether.
“Let us all want not only not to weaken the protection of Natura 2000 through these legal changes, but also to make it stronger. Let us ask for the already started constructions in Natura 2000 areas to be finally stopped and the damaged nature to be restored. As far as possible. Because there is no way for the „investor“ to build dunes that have formed for tens of thousands of years. But there is a way to preserve at least the few remaining views of beautiful nature.
So that we have a place to meet Julia’s sunrise in the years to come!”
