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Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

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February 2004<br />

EUROSITE Association of organizations engaged in the husbanding and<br />

management of the European natural heritage in 10 European nations<br />

FA Forestry Act<br />

FACA Fisheries and Aquatic Cultures Act<br />

FB Faculty of Biology (of the St. Clement Ohridsky University of Sofia)<br />

FI Forest Inventory<br />

FPCS Foundation for the Promotion of the Civil Society<br />

FU Forestry University<br />

GEF Global Environment Facility; please note that the acronym GEF is<br />

also used in Bulgaria to denote the GEF/USAID Project for<br />

Biodiversity Conservation.<br />

GIS Geographic Information Systems<br />

GPS Global Positioning System<br />

HPS Hydropower Station<br />

HW Household waters<br />

IHL Institute of Higher Learning<br />

IUCN International Union for Conservation of <strong>Nature</strong> – World Conservation<br />

Union, an international environmental organization comprising state<br />

and public (non-governmental) organizations as well as international<br />

organizations. Established in 1948, with members from more than 100<br />

nations; Bulgaria is represented to IUCN by the Ministry of the<br />

Environment and Waters and the <strong>Nature</strong> Fund. The main goal of<br />

IUCN is to organize the conservation of nature (rare species, protected<br />

areas) and the sustainable use of forest resources; IUCN is the<br />

organization that has developed the internationally recognized<br />

categories of protected areas applied throughout the world.<br />

MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forests<br />

MAFS Municipal Agriculture and Forestry Service<br />

MCD Ministerial Council Decree<br />

MCMA Monuments of Culture and Museums Act<br />

MD Ministry of Defense<br />

MI Ministry of the Interior<br />

MOE Ministry of the Environment (in the recent past)<br />

MOEW Ministry of the Environment and Waters<br />

MP <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

MRDPW Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works<br />

MRS Mountain Rescue Service<br />

MS Middle school<br />

<strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Draft<br />

2004 - 2013<br />

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