Ecotan LTD is a consulting company, specialized in:
- A year-round monitoring of birds and bats for wind farms and photovoltaic projects in Bulgaria and neighbouring countries (Romania, Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Turkey);
- Appropriate (Compatibility) Assessments (AA) of investment proposals involving Natura 2000 network;
- Research and applied projects in ornithology and conservation biology;
- Consultations and advice on:
– Species composition of birds in protected areas under Protected Territories Law;
– Bird species, included in Standard Forms for protected areas of Natura 2000;
– Problems arising from presence of birds at airports, wind farms, power lines, agricultural lands, etc.
Ecotan LTD has at its disposal professionals experienced and carriyng out biodiversity researches and conservation activities. Scientists from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University and other academic bodies participate in some important and complicated projects. Ecotan LTD has completed year-round monitorings and compatibility assessments of many wind farm projects in different parts of the country (Zlatiyata, Momchilgrad, Malenovo, Dragoman, Sakar Mountain, Rakovo, Slaveevo, Zmeevo etc.). Experts of Ecotan LTD have participated in several international projects along Bulgarian Danube bank and Black Sea coast:
- Ecological assessment of Danube Bridge 2
- Appropriate Assessment of closing blocks 1 and 2 of Nuclear Power Plant “Kozlodouy”;
- Appropriate Assessment of improvement of navigation conditions on the Romanian-Bulgarian common sector of the Danube;
- Researches on gas-main ‘South Stream’ in Bulgarian part of Black Sea;