Note: [1] Professor Simeon Nedialkov holds a doctorate in biology. He directed the Ecological and Environmental Centre of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the European Environmental Academy, a Chairman within the MAB programme of UNESCO, has served as an expert to FAO for about then years, and has managed several ecological projects in Afghanistan and Iran.
Note: [2] Assistant Professor Traiko Altchev holds an M.Sc. degree in economics, including a sepcialization in Operations Research. He is currently employed as Economist–Ecologist at the Ecological and Environmental Centre of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. His present assignment relates to problems of statistical research, systems analysis and modelling of ecological–economical systems.
Abstract: Ecosystems, ecotope and biocenosis, are subjects for environment statistics. The ecotope is the space that is inhabited by a given biocenosis. The biocenosis is the organized group of plants, animals and micro-organisms, which live together on a given territory. Statistical research is extended to various areas of concern, i.e. climate, water, soils, settlements, phytocenosis and zoocenosis. In Bulgaria as elsewhere, environmental media are monitored with regard to admissible concentrations of polluting substances. In the future, co-operative research could be extended at an all-European level to statistical research into the cycles of sulphur and nitrogen oxides, the cleanliness of rivers and lakes, cycles of heavy metals noise in large towns, solid wastes, protected natural sites and the process of photosynthesis. Statistical variables and parameters can be developed in their regard.
