Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

In southern Bulgaria, in the village of Tyurkmen, many brick houses sit empty. Their tile roofs are falling in. Gergana Daskalova, an ecologist who spent summers here with her grandparents as a young girl, points to a child's book lying amid the ruins. "Somebody poured their heart and soul in …

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