The site of the rare species Verbascum spathulisepalum in the village of Drangovo in Bulgaria's Eastern Rhodope Mountains has been declared a protected area. This was done by an order of Bulgaria's Minister of the Environment and Water, Julian..
Sideritis elica, from the Rhodope Mountains is a new plant species, which was discovered and described by Associate Prof. Ina Aneva and Senior Assistant Professor Georgi Bonchev of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as well as by Prof. Petar Zhelev..
Rila National Park was established on February 24, 1992 to protect several ecosystems of national importance. It marks its 29 th anniversary with an open-doors day, reported BNR’s correspondent in Blagoevgrad Keti Trencheva. Rila National Park..