- The increasing loss in specific endemic flora located in the Pirin Mountains

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

2. 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

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

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

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

6. 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)

7. Preserva$on
example
New
Ex
Situ
Collec$on
of
Rare
and
Threatened
Medicinal
Plants
in
the
Pirin
Mts.
(Bulgaria),
Ekoloji,
see
ref.
13

8. References
• Boris
Sakschewski
–
Tree
Diversity
• Jessica
Strefler
–
Planetary
Boundaries

9. 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_a
nd_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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