Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
- To the west, the zone boundary coincides with the Park boundary;
- To the north in separate sections it borders with the Park boundaries, in the
remaining sections it borders with the High Visitor Use Tourist Sub-zone,
i.e. its northern boundary runs parallel to the Rilska River, some 500
meters from its southern bank;
- To the east, the zone boundary starts from just above the point of
confluence of the Iliyna and Rilska Rivers, following the ridge (Krivo
Bardo) across Cheresha locality to the upper timberline;
- To the south, the zone boundary runs along the upper timberline, parallel
to the ridge defining the Rilska River Watershed, and ends at the
Dyavolska River.
Regimes for the Sustainable Forestry Zone
Any human acts and activities are strictly forbidden except those as per Paragraph
1.1.1 above, and the following:
1. The forestry activities envisaged in Forest Inventory 2000 for Rila Monastery
Nature Park are applied in the zone, as well as the additional requirements of this
Plan;
2. Restoration of the existing road network for timber extraction and transportation;
3. Building of new forest roads for timber transportation;
4. Storage and transportation of timber in a way that does not interfere with the
Park’s tourist and spiritual value;
5. Timber transportation by truck, with the exit point via Eleshnitza locality or along
the southern border of the Park in the direction of the Dyavolska River;
6. Afforestation in forest sections of inhibited natural renewal.
Norms
1. Use shall not exceed the total envisaged amount for the territory for the period
2000-2010 according to the Forest Inventory 2000.
The total volume of logging envisioned amounts to 63,260m³.The annual timber
extraction, according to FI 2000 data, amounts to 6,326m³, or 1/10 of the quantity
of timber subject to logging;
2. All logging operations shall be scheduled during the period between September
1 st of the current and May 31 st of the following year;
3. The period for regenerative activities shall be extended to 50 years;
4. The intensity of timber use shall not exceed 15%;
5. The existing road network may be increased by no more than 2 km of road by the
year 2010;
6. Up to 10% of all rotting trees shall be spared during timber use;
7. The transport on the Parks territory to be with 10m 3 trucks;
8. Only animal traction shall be used to extract the timber from the logging site;
9. Reloading stations and temporary storages are to be built only in the Sustainable
Forestry Zone area.
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan-Draft
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