Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
1. From the Rila Monastery to the Eleshnitsa locality.
2. From the Brichebor Peak and Chaushka Chuka Peak along the Rila Monastery
as far as the Dodov Peak and the Ivan Vazov lodge.
3. From the Manastirska River along the Chernei Gorge and along the
Mandrenska River as far as the Studenia Kladenets locality.
Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation 4 of the Committee for Environmental Protection
at the Council of Ministers (SG, No. 77, dated 1980), I declare the following areas as
a buffer zone belonging to the Reserve:
a) The forests of the Rila Monastery Forestry Enterprise – the parts of
sections 17 through 27 and 32 through 45 that remain outside the
Reserve, as well as I and III-2 – the section to the west of the
Dzhendema Gorge, with a total area of 1,199.6 ha.
b) Agricultural lands: the treeless zone of the Drushliavitsa River
watershed and of Cherkovishko Gorge; the treeless zone above
sections 18 and 19 and the pasture spanning the main bridge between
Brichebor and Baba Peaks, the side ridge from Baba Peak to the north
and the Reserve boundaries, with a total area of 1,202 ha.
The following shall be prohibited within the buffer zone:
a) Mining and quarrying, river flow corrections, construction of new water
catchments and other activities disturbing the water regime and the natural
appearance of the area.
b) Burning of vegetation.
c) Forestation with plant and brush species atypical for the region.
d) Any construction works in the high mountain zone.
e) Camping and parking of automobiles outside the designated spaces.
f) Hunting.
The following shall be permitted within the buffer zone:
a) Construction under development projects concerning the functioning and
development of the Architectural and Historical Reserve Rila Monastery and
of tourism by the Bulgarian Tourist Union.
b) Short term recreation.
c) Selection and sanitary felling and using the seed bases as designated.
d) Grazing of livestock in the areas designated for this purpose.
This Order does not change the status of the Architectural and Historical Reserve Rila
Monastery approved by Regulation No. 4 of the Committee for Culture (SG, No.
10/1979).
This Order revokes Order No. 407 dated November 9, 1966 of the Committee of
Forests and Forest Industry at the Council of Ministers for the designation of the Rila
Monastery Protected Locality.
This change shall be recorded in the State Register of Protected Nature Sites.
The Rila Monastery Forestry Enterprise shall, within five months from the
promulgation of this Order in the State Gazette, designate the Reserve boundaries, the
buffer zone, and the hiking paths in a permanent and visible manner.
Those who violate this Order shall be punished in accordance with Article 278 of the
Penal Code and Article 31 of the Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act.
This Order becomes effective with its promulgation in the State Gazette.
CHAIRMAN:
(T. Bozhinov)
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan (Draft) – Appendices
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