The Green Balkans team visited the ninth graders from the ‘Veselin Hanchev’ Primary school in Stara Zagora to talk about Red-breasted Geese in Bulgaria. The children learned interesting facts about the lives of Red-breasted Geese – where they live, what they eat and how long they travel to our country.
Our ambassador - Brent, the Red-breasted Goose model, was a big hit among the students and helped them understand how exquisite and amazing these creatures are. They are able to travel up to 8000 km from their homes in Siberia to their wintering grounds in Bulgaria. It is also very important to keep them safe and not to stress them while they are visiting our country after their long travel as that can often cost them their lives.
After the presentation, the children joined our educational game about the species protected within the Natura 2000 network in Bulgaria.
We’d like to thank Ms Nadka Nikolova for inviting us and to all children for their interesting questions and eagerness to learn.
Additional information:
About Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is the largest coordinated network for nature conservation. More than 30% of the territory of Bulgaria falls within the scope of the network - 120 areas for the protection of wild birds and 234 areas for the protection of natural habitats.
About the Red-breasted Goose
The Red-breasted Goose is a globally endangered species, protected within the Natura 2000 ecological network. Bulgaria is an important country for the protection of the species - almost the entire world population spends the winter in the region of Primorska Dobrudzha.
The information activities are implemented within the Green Balkans campaign for February – Month of the Red-breasted Goose within the ‘Natura 2000 in Bulgaria – New Horizons’ LIFE17 GIE/BG/000371 project.
Our ambassador - Brent, the Red-breasted Goose model, was a big hit among the students and helped them understand how exquisite and amazing these creatures are. They are able to travel up to 8000 km from their homes in Siberia to their wintering grounds in Bulgaria. It is also very important to keep them safe and not to stress them while they are visiting our country after their long travel as that can often cost them their lives.
After the presentation, the children joined our educational game about the species protected within the Natura 2000 network in Bulgaria.
We’d like to thank Ms Nadka Nikolova for inviting us and to all children for their interesting questions and eagerness to learn.
Additional information:
About Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is the largest coordinated network for nature conservation. More than 30% of the territory of Bulgaria falls within the scope of the network - 120 areas for the protection of wild birds and 234 areas for the protection of natural habitats.
About the Red-breasted Goose
The Red-breasted Goose is a globally endangered species, protected within the Natura 2000 ecological network. Bulgaria is an important country for the protection of the species - almost the entire world population spends the winter in the region of Primorska Dobrudzha.
The information activities are implemented within the Green Balkans campaign for February – Month of the Red-breasted Goose within the ‘Natura 2000 in Bulgaria – New Horizons’ LIFE17 GIE/BG/000371 project.
