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PRESIDENT AFFIRMS BULGARIA'S FORESTS AS NATIONAL SYMBOL

Fri, Aug 24 2007 15:04 CET

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Bulgaria's forests should be regarded as a national symbol, President Georgi Purvanov said, according to Focus news agency.

He attended at a regional conference about forest preservation and restoration issues in the south-eastern Bulgarian town of Yambol.

"If I have to enumerate Bulgaria's five symbols, I would definitely include our forests, which symbolise Bulgarian identity," the President said.

Purvanov added that the Bulgarian forestry sector needs a clear strategy and also a real governing policy that could yield visible results.

"Over the transition years the sector was the most neglected one. No effective reforms have been implemented. No energy, strength and courage have been put in so that an effective reform can be implemented," Purvanov said.

He called for reforms that would combine experience and tradition.

"I hope the establishment of State Agency for Forestry will revive the love of forest and care of its fate," Purvanov said.

He expressed his hope that next year's budget would allow the financial independence of this agency.

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