Abstract
Natural heritage as a source of ecosystem services for recreation and tourism in Bulgaria
Highlights
According to the World Heritage Convention, Natural Heritage (NH) includes natural features consisting of physical formations, geological features, and physiographical formations, natural sites, or precisely delineated natural areas of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty (UNESCO 1972)
The researchers from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, presented part of the results from their joint work from the project. In this Special Issue of JBGS, we present the papers of this scientific session. We believe that they will be of interest to the readers of the journal who are looking for innovative approaches for the development of recreational industries in Bulgaria, as well as for those who are interested in methodological and practical solutions concerning the application of the ecosystem-based approach for the development of green, nature-based and sustainable tourism
А methodological framework for mapping and assessment of ecosystem services provided by the natural heritage in Bulgaria for the needs of recreation and tourism is developed by Nedkov et al (2021a)
Summary
According to the World Heritage Convention, Natural Heritage (NH) includes natural features consisting of physical formations, geological features, and physiographical formations, natural sites, or precisely delineated natural areas of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty (UNESCO 1972). A response to these problems could be the approach of sustainable tourism which aims to balance the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural features of tourism development by maintaining environmental resources, the sociocultural livelihoods of host communities, and providing stakeholder benefits (Schloegel 2007) In this respect, the assessment of ES can be an important tool in the process to bridge the conceptual gap between the ecological and social sciences, by linking the state of ecosystems with human well-being and activities. The researchers from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, presented part of the results from their joint work from the project In this Special Issue of JBGS, we present the papers of this scientific session. We believe that they will be of interest to the readers of the journal who are looking for innovative approaches for the development of recreational industries in Bulgaria, as well as for those who are interested in methodological and practical solutions concerning the application of the ecosystem-based approach for the development of green, nature-based and sustainable tourism
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