Conservation of Pomorie Lake coastal lagoon LIFE 19 / NAT / BG / 000804

Pomorie Lake is part of the most important complex of wetlands on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It is important for the EU as a rare type of ecosystem and as a place where 40% of all European bird species can be observed. The extraction of sea salt in Lake Pomorie has been practiced for thousands of years and nowadays active salt pans produce sea salt by solar evaporation.

Key project objectives are:

• to establish a functional infrastructure for water management in Pomorie Lake to secure the lagoon against flood and limit the pollution, and to sustain traditional salt production;
• to provide long-term improvement of priority habitat 1150* Coastal lagoon in SCI Pomorie;
• tо improve the breeding sites for priority bird species by the construction of one new wooden platform and the restoration of existing islet’;
• to promote the project results among the stakeholders and the wide public.