EARTH DAY 2019

The Earth Day – on April 22, is celebrated by more than 0.5 billion people worldwide. Each year, the International Earth Day Network coordinates actions of more than 12 000 partners in 174 countries to protect the planet Earth and to preserve life. The network seeks to co-create public support for sustainable and effective environmental policies around the world.

This year, the celebrations of the World Earth Day are related to the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Researchers and employees of the Forest Research Institute and the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, with the support of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, will plant 150 trees to mark this anniversary.

The event will take place on April 22, 2019 at 13:00h in front of the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, address: “Acad. G. Bonchev” str., bl. 3, Sofia.