Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
4. It shall be allowed to carry out archeological research in the above mentioned
boundaries while preserving the existing monuments of culture and of the natural
environment to a maximum degree.
5. The activities allowed by the regime shall not interfere with religious rites and
rituals.
II. Regimes in the Protective Zone of the Monuments of Culture
ZONE A
Zone A covers the eastern area of the protective zone of the monuments of culture
covering the part of the Rila Monastery Forest Nature Reserve buffer zone from the
Sospata Gorge to the north-east and as far as the boundary between sections 16 and
17 and sections 75 and 76 to the south-west.
1. The Zone A regime includes the following limitations imposed by the lowmountain
nature reserve buffer zone regime (SG No. 34, April 29, 1986), confirmed
with Order No. 114 of the Ministry of Environment (SG No. 20, March 10, 1992) and
prohibiting:
1.1 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.
1.2 Burning of vegetation.
1.3 Forestation with plant and brush species untypical for the region.
1.4 Camping and parking of automobiles outside the designated spaces.
1.5 Hunting.
The Zone A regime is added to by a prohibition for:
1.6 Activities disturbing the livelihood and cult functions of the monastery.
2. The Zone A regime allows for the following activities permitted by the nature
reserve buffer zone regime:
2.1 Construction related only to the maintenance, functioning and needs of the Rila
Holy Monastery and of other legal facilities and their owners (users). Such
construction shall be based on projects prepared in keeping with the Territorial and
Urban Development Act, the Monuments of Culture and Museums Act, and agreed in
accordance with Article 2 (1), item 2 of Regulation No. 17 (SG No. 35, April 4, 1979)
of the Committee for Culture. Where facilities included in the group monuments and
complexes, or in other monastery property, the projects shall be agreed also with the
leadership of the Rila Holy Monastery. (The above text is proposed as correction for
item 1 of the permitting section of the nature reserve buffer zone regime, as follows:
1. 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.)
2.2 One-day staying.
2.3 Main selection, sanitary and selection felling according to the Rules for
Determining, Development and Management of Forests and Special Purpose Areas
until the time of drawing up of the Rila Nature Park Development Project.
2.4 Grazing of livestock (except goats) in the locations designated with the forest
development project.
The Zone A regime shall be added to by a permit for:
2.5 Archaeological digging in keeping with the nature conservation regime, and in the
forests, in agreement with the Committee for Forests and with the Ministry of
Environment.
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