#savepirin

Bulgaria’s nature is at risk.

The future of Pirin National Park is in the hands of the mafia, who want to make luxurious ski resorts on the northern slopes of the park. On 28.12.2017 they made 48% of the park’s land open for construction. Huge parts of the forest will be cut down, a lot of species will loose their habitat.

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Right now there is an important protest movement taking place in Bulgaria taking place to challenge the Bansko skiing resort expanding into Pirin National Park, a Unesco world heritage site. An important movement because it speaks to environmental justice in the Balkans, but also because the movement is bringing people onto the streets to challenge state corruption and injustice across different communities, so very important within the Bulgarian and Balkans context. 

Thousands of Bulgarians have braved subzero temperatures in some 20 cities across the country to protest against a government decision to amend the management plan of a major national park.

The rallies on Thursday were the latest in a number of demonstrations held this month opposing the expansion of the Bansko skiing resort in Pirin national park amid fears it could lead to over-construction…

This was my 2017.

I am grateful for the good year I had and hope that 2018 will be even better!

I pushed the visuals from my five day hike through Pirin first, but after that everything is chronologically correct.