Andrey Ralev

I was born in Bulgaria, lived in Venezuela, Spain, Armenia, traveled on 4 continents. I finished my master’s in Environmental Studies in Madrid and I speak English, Spanish, Bulgarian and other Slavic languages. Since 2002, when I got involved in Save the Kresna Gorge campaign, I have been participating in many environmental campaigns – to protect forests and wetlands, coastal habitats and mountains, national parks and NATURA 2000 sites, local communities and indigenous people – and river protection has been one of my greatest passions. Riparian ecosystems are threatened and communities depending on rivers are suffering the consequences all around the world. As a volunteer, expert or project manager I have assisted environmental campaigns with different strategic actions – biodiversity fieldwork, scientific research, creation of alternative reports, financial activism, legal support, lobbying, public participation, direct actions, communication, creation of coalitions. Since 2016 I am totally committed to the values, vision and mission of CEE Bankwatch Network. Most of my work with Bankwatch has been as a biodiversity consultant but I also had very successful collaboration in media projects: for example in Nenskra and Amulsar visuals or We are Svaneti festival.