Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
1.1.1 The following activities are allowed in the territory of Rila Monastery
Nature Park:
1. Guarding;
2. Fighting of forest fires and fire prevention activities pursuant to an approved fire
control plan;
3. Rescue and police operations;
4. Marking, signposting and upkeep of the boundaries of the Park marking, the
Reserve and the Pilgrim’s road, as well as the tourist trails;
5. Maintenance and safety measures along the tourist routes;
6. Hiking along the tourist routes, incl. for educational and pilgrimage purposes;
7. The gathering of seeds, wild plants and animals for purposes of scientific research
or of their re-introduction in other locations;
8. Sanitary activities in the forests;
9. The maintenance and restoration activities in the forests plantations to gradually
transform them into natural ones pursuant to Forest Inventory 2000 with the
exception of the plantations in the Buffer zone of the Reserve and the High
Conservation Significance Zone;
10. Scientific research and educational activities, interpretation and ecological
monitoring;
11. Elimination of non-local (alien) plant and animal species;
12. Passage of domestic animals along designated trails (Appendix 29);
13. Protection and guarding of the biodiversity, water streams and basins, river banks
and riverine vegetation and also all other natural complexes;
14. Reclamation of damaged terrains and the dismantling and removal of disused sites
and facilities of the technical and social infrastructure disfiguring the landscape;
(Appendix 3);
15. Passage of service motor vehicles on duty along existing roads (as service motor
vehicles the Rila Monastery’s vehicles are accepted as well);
16. The movement and parking of personal motor vehicles in accordance with the
established system of vehicle access and traffic management in the Park;
17. Re-integration of the cultural landscape pursuant to the Convention on the
Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage and subject to special projects for
conservation and site development plans;
18. The archeological excavations subject to the order of Monuments of Culture and
Monuments Act and pursuant to the requirements of the Protocol appendix from
07.05.1992 appointed with Order # RD-19-132 / 24.03.1992 of the Ministry of
Culture (Appendix 4).
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