NATURAL HABITATS SITUATION IN INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN BULGARIA
Radmil Nikolov
University of Economics – Varna, 77 Kniaz Boris I Blvd, Varna, Bulgaria
radmil.nikolov@gmail.com
In the beginning of the new millennium increasingly topical issue becomes the impact of anthropogenic activi¬ties on natural habitats and the creation of semi-naturals as a consequence of the economic activity of society in the context of sustainable development to ensure both stability of agricultural production and storage conditions for the existence of species in ecosystems. Objects of the study are the municipalities of Varna and Dobrich in Northeastern Bulgaria. The aim of this paper is to examine and assess the situation and problems of natural and semi-natural habi¬tats in areas with intensive agriculture and tourism in Northeastern Bulgaria. The following tasks are solved in order to achieve this goal: 1) To analyze the condition of natural and semi-natural habitats. 2) To reveal the problems of natural and semi-natural habitats in areas with intensive agriculture and tourism. 3) To formulate recommendations to improve the state. The methods used for achieving this goal and resolving the tasks are analysis and synthesis, sys¬temic and structural approach, induction and deduction, statistical calculations.
Keywords: sustainable development; intensive agriculture; habitat conditions
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