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2008-03-18Danish Politician Warns of Dangers Associated with Bansko Development
Danish Politicians Warns of Dangers Associated with Bansko Development
Published by Frederick Wallace on March 18, 2008 in Ski Bulgaria and Ski Europe.
A Danish member of the European Parliament (MEP) Margarete Auken visited Bulgaria earlier this month and, according to a report in the Sofia Echo, “ left the country with the impression that the problems with the Bulgarian nature were very serious and linked closely to organised crime, which destroys the nature and transforms it into money.”
Auken is reported to have complained to European Union environment commissioner Stavros Dimas that Bulgaria is not respecting the EC Environmental Law and requested that sanctions be taken against the country, according to green campaigners in Bulgaria.
The Sofia Echo reported that after Auken saw the area of Rila Mountain, where the company Rila Sport wants to build the Panichishte-Ezerata-Kaboul ski resort, which environmentalist fear would destroy the unique Seven Rila Lakes area, she said: “Maybe the part of your tourism will remain, in which the visitors go to the pubs and drink, but this is not very good for the country.”
“I saw that there are plans (for ski resorts) not only in Rila buffer zone but also inside the natural park. I don’t know what types of ski resorts it is all about, because with the climate changes, which are currently evident, this is not the cleverest investment I have seen. You destroy the nature and at the same time you will not have development of the ski resorts,” Auken said.
What is happening here cannot even be called capitalism. It is a very bad capitalism when you start losing valuable things,”
she said.
However Auken’s visit to parts of Rila needed to be changed as about 4000 residents of the surrounding villages gathered to protest against her visit and to support the ski resort project “Panichishte-Ezerata-Kaboul.” The pro-development protestors carried posters saying, “There is no future for the region without the project”.
The protest against Aken’s visit was organized by local mayors of the villages where the development will take place. Sapareva Banya mayor Sasho Ivanov said that environmentalist’s claims that hotels would be built around the Seven Rila Lakes, that ski slopes would be built on the territory of the Skakavitsa reservation and in Rila National Park around the Seven Rila Lakes and that there would be a road between Pionerska hut and the Seven Rila Lakes were all lies.
Published by Frederick Wallace on March 18, 2008 in Ski Bulgaria and Ski Europe.
A Danish member of the European Parliament (MEP) Margarete Auken visited Bulgaria earlier this month and, according to a report in the Sofia Echo, “ left the country with the impression that the problems with the Bulgarian nature were very serious and linked closely to organised crime, which destroys the nature and transforms it into money.”
Auken is reported to have complained to European Union environment commissioner Stavros Dimas that Bulgaria is not respecting the EC Environmental Law and requested that sanctions be taken against the country, according to green campaigners in Bulgaria.
The Sofia Echo reported that after Auken saw the area of Rila Mountain, where the company Rila Sport wants to build the Panichishte-Ezerata-Kaboul ski resort, which environmentalist fear would destroy the unique Seven Rila Lakes area, she said: “Maybe the part of your tourism will remain, in which the visitors go to the pubs and drink, but this is not very good for the country.”
“I saw that there are plans (for ski resorts) not only in Rila buffer zone but also inside the natural park. I don’t know what types of ski resorts it is all about, because with the climate changes, which are currently evident, this is not the cleverest investment I have seen. You destroy the nature and at the same time you will not have development of the ski resorts,” Auken said.
What is happening here cannot even be called capitalism. It is a very bad capitalism when you start losing valuable things,”
she said.
However Auken’s visit to parts of Rila needed to be changed as about 4000 residents of the surrounding villages gathered to protest against her visit and to support the ski resort project “Panichishte-Ezerata-Kaboul.” The pro-development protestors carried posters saying, “There is no future for the region without the project”.
The protest against Aken’s visit was organized by local mayors of the villages where the development will take place. Sapareva Banya mayor Sasho Ivanov said that environmentalist’s claims that hotels would be built around the Seven Rila Lakes, that ski slopes would be built on the territory of the Skakavitsa reservation and in Rila National Park around the Seven Rila Lakes and that there would be a road between Pionerska hut and the Seven Rila Lakes were all lies.
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