Research in Global Change in the Mediterranean: A Regional Network
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The Bulgarian Country Study to Address Climate Change (1994-1996)
This Bulgarian project is part of the World Country Study to Address Climate
Change and is in line with the Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992).
Sponsor: United States Department of Energy.
Bulgarian participation: National Institute on Meteorology and Hydrology at the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Forest Research Institute (FRI-BAS),
Institutes for Nuclear Energy (lNE-BAS), Institute of Economics - BAS etc.
Result 1: The First National Communication on Climate Change, Republic of
Bulgaria, 1996, Ministry of Environment, PenSoft, pp.88, Sofia.
Result 2: The Second National Communication on Climate Change, Republic of
Bulgaria, 1998, Ministry of Environment and Waters, pp.170, Sofia.
National Action Plan on Climate Change (1998-2000)
Sponsor: The Ministry ofthe Environment and Waters
Bulgarian participation: National Institute on Meteorology and Hydrology at the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Forest Research Institute (FRI-BAS),
Institutes for Nuclear Energy (lNE-BAS), Institute of Economics - BAS etc.
Result I: Ministry of the Environment and Waters, 2000. National Action Plan on
Climate Change. Part I, pp. 50.
Result 2: Ministry of the Environment and Waters, 2000. National Action Plan on
Climate Change. Part II, pp. 75.
Adopted by the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria (Decision for Realization No.
393/6 th July 2000).
Bulgarian - American Conference "Global Change in Bulgaria", Blagoevgrad,
17-19 June 1997
Sponsor: CIRA- Pennsylvania State University, USA
Particpants: 7 institutes of BAS
Result: Knight CG et al. (1999) Global Change in Bulgaria. BAS, PenState, pp. 595.
The Drought Period 1982 -1994 in Bulgaria - an Analogy for Future Global
Changes. Natural, Economic and Social Consequences from Drought (19982001)
Sponsor: CIRA - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Participants: 29 researchers from 11 Institutes from BAS, Bulgaria and 6 researchers
from PenState University.
Status: Presently the book of proceedings addressed to the scientific communities
and decision makers is sent for reviews in Bulgaria and USA.
Study of the representative forests from Picea abiesIL.lKarsten in the Rila
Mountains: characteristics of the environment, structure of the ecosystems and
global change (1999-2002)
Sponsor: Ministry of Public Education and Science
Participants: 22 researchers from 6 institutes in BAS
339
The Bulgarian Country Study to Address Climate Change (1994-1996)
This Bulgarian project is part of the World Country Study to Address Climate
Change and is in line with the Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992).
Sponsor: United States Department of Energy.
Bulgarian participation: National Institute on Meteorology and Hydrology at the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Forest Research Institute (FRI-BAS),
Institutes for Nuclear Energy (lNE-BAS), Institute of Economics - BAS etc.
Result 1: The First National Communication on Climate Change, Republic of
Bulgaria, 1996, Ministry of Environment, PenSoft, pp.88, Sofia.
Result 2: The Second National Communication on Climate Change, Republic of
Bulgaria, 1998, Ministry of Environment and Waters, pp.170, Sofia.
National Action Plan on Climate Change (1998-2000)
Sponsor: The Ministry ofthe Environment and Waters
Bulgarian participation: National Institute on Meteorology and Hydrology at the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Forest Research Institute (FRI-BAS),
Institutes for Nuclear Energy (lNE-BAS), Institute of Economics - BAS etc.
Result I: Ministry of the Environment and Waters, 2000. National Action Plan on
Climate Change. Part I, pp. 50.
Result 2: Ministry of the Environment and Waters, 2000. National Action Plan on
Climate Change. Part II, pp. 75.
Adopted by the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria (Decision for Realization No.
393/6 th July 2000).
Bulgarian - American Conference "Global Change in Bulgaria", Blagoevgrad,
17-19 June 1997
Sponsor: CIRA- Pennsylvania State University, USA
Particpants: 7 institutes of BAS
Result: Knight CG et al. (1999) Global Change in Bulgaria. BAS, PenState, pp. 595.
The Drought Period 1982 -1994 in Bulgaria - an Analogy for Future Global
Changes. Natural, Economic and Social Consequences from Drought (19982001)
Sponsor: CIRA - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Participants: 29 researchers from 11 Institutes from BAS, Bulgaria and 6 researchers
from PenState University.
Status: Presently the book of proceedings addressed to the scientific communities
and decision makers is sent for reviews in Bulgaria and USA.
Study of the representative forests from Picea abiesIL.lKarsten in the Rila
Mountains: characteristics of the environment, structure of the ecosystems and
global change (1999-2002)
Sponsor: Ministry of Public Education and Science
Participants: 22 researchers from 6 institutes in BAS