Agreement between the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources of Bulgaria on cooperation in the sphere of environmental protection and rational management of natural resources.

This Agreement implements Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution and Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the River Danube. The Contracting Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following fields: (a) formation of the European ecological network; (b) protection and monitoring of the Danube River and the Black Sea; (c) surface water protection; (d) protection of biological diversity of the Black Sea area; (e) rational management of protected areas; (f) protection of environment against radioactive pollution; (g) conservation of endangered and protected animal and plant species; (h) forestry protection measures; (i) study of climate change; (j) environmental audit; (k) transboundary movement of waste (art. 3). The cooperation shall be carried out in the following forms: (a) joint arrangements for environmental improvement; (b) exchange of information; (c) exchange of experts; (d) research; (e) symposia, conferences and exhibitions (art. 4).