Flee$ng  Flora  -­‐  The  increasing  loss  in  specific  endemic    flora  located  in  the  Pirin  Mountains  

I  want  to  make  an  analysis  on  the  endangered  endemic  flora  in  the  Pirin  Mountains,  Bulgaria.      •  35%  of  Bulgaria  is  covered  by  forest  •  One  of  the  countries  with  the  highest  biodiversity  in  Europe  •  Its  flora  encompass  more  than  3,800  species  •  170  endemic  •  150  endangered  

 

Mo$va$on  

•  Personal  -­‐  Bansko,  Pirin  Mountains,  Bulgaria  •  Forest  •  Exhibi$on  •  Possibility  to  show  my  findings  to  people  of  importance  

Asteraceae  Achillea  Chrysocoma  •  Asteraceae/Sunflower  family  •  Endangered  •  Medicinal  Proper$es  

Ques$on  What  is  the  main  cause  and  how  can  it  be  preserved?  

Possible  Factors  

•  Added  to  the  World  Heritage  List  in  1983  –  all  areas  expect  ski  resorts  (Bankso)  •  Landscape  development  •  Pollu$on  •  Climate  change  (results  taken  from  cored  glacier  -­‐  Pirin  Mountains,  Snezhnika,  

Bulgaria  •  Bumblebee  loss  –  5  to  30%  during  2006-­‐9  (pollen  produc$on)  

Preserva$on  example  

New  Ex  Situ  Collec$on  of  Rare  and  Threatened  Medicinal  Plants  in  the  Pirin  Mts.  (Bulgaria),  

Ekoloji,  see  ref.  13  

References  

•  Boris  Sakschewski  –  Tree  Diversity  •  Jessica  Strefler  –  Planetary  Boundaries  

References  

•  hcp://ekoloji.com.tr/resimler/72-­‐5.pdf  

•  hcps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dimitar_Uzunov/publica$on/235927317_New_horological_data_on_the_flora_of_the_North_Pirin_Mountain/links/02bfe5144b194badf4000000.pdf  

•  hcps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ekaterina_Kozuharova3/publica$on/236953073_Autecological_observa$ons_on_Oxytropis_species_(Fabaceae)__two_of_them_rare_and_endemic_from_Northern_Pirin_Mts_Bulgaria/links/0c96051a63244d0f0e000000.pdf  

•  hcp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.17?journalCode=tjar20  •  hcp://www.map.meteoswiss.ch/icam2003/559.pdf  

•  hcps://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=O5WTZr-­‐2oEoC&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&dq=%22pirin+mountains%22+%22climate+change%22&ots=7B  

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