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Recently climate change and active anthropogenic activity in the region of Vitosha Mountain have generated serious environmental problems in the forest fund. The increase of temperatures within territory of the Sofia Valley caused by several reasons, such as global warming, the active recreational activity of the inhabitants of Sofia and the rapid construction at the Vitosha foothills cause a significant reduction of the areas of natural vegetation. Based on the analysis of climatic data and processing of satellite images, the reduction of the size of the natural habitats of important plant communities had been observed. As an important indicator, the results of the analysis of the moisture index and the normalized vegetation index (NDVI) are used for the purposes of the study, based on data from Sentinel Hub. The analyzes show an critique decrease in the forest fund in the respect of the role and importance of the mountain as an ecological “island” within the territory of Sofia valley.

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Ecological Problems in Forest Funds of Vitosha Mountain
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