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February 2004<br />

(Manastirska). The Reserve was designated by Order # 307/10.04.1986 of the then<br />

Committee for the Protection of the Environment under the Council of Ministers<br />

(Appendix 1).<br />

Pursuant to Order # 307/10.04.1986, the Reserve has the following boundaries:<br />

“Starting from the northwest, from the Manastirska River, along the ridge serving as<br />

the western boundary of forest unit 17 (in describing the boundaries of the Reserve,<br />

the forest units numbers hereon conform with the 1978 Forest Inventory of <strong>Rila</strong><br />

<strong>Monastery</strong> Forest Estate) to the upper timberline and then along it to the side ridge<br />

outlining the western border of the rocky massif in forest unit 1 and then along it to<br />

the main ridge; from the north, along the main ridge via Malyovitsa Peak and<br />

Orlovets Peak, to the eastern end of the rocky massif in forest unit 1; from the<br />

northeast, along the edge of the rocky massif to the ravine crossing the said massif<br />

and the forest in subsection 25-б and along that ravine to the point where its joins the<br />

outflow ravine of Lake Suhoto, following the latter until its intersection with the<br />

tourist trail and below it to the meadow above Suhiya Dol gorge (subsection 25-4),<br />

and along the boundary between subunits 25-з and 25-г to Suhiya Dol gorge. Then it<br />

follows Suhiya Dol gorge to Lake Suhoto, the upper timberline and the edge of the<br />

dwarf pine zone to the side ridge, descending from Vodniya Chal Peak to Suhiya Dol<br />

gorge and along the upper boundary of forest units 26 and 27 reaches the ravine that<br />

serves as boundary between forest units 27 and 28. From the east, it follows the<br />

ravine to the Manastirska River and then along the Djendema gorge reaches the upper<br />

dwarf-pine line. From the south it follows the upper dwarf-pine line to Brichebor<br />

Peak and from there along the side ridge to the Rilska River. The above-described<br />

boundaries do not include the Rilomanastirska River Valley, which is between 0.3<br />

and 2.0 km wide, and which comprises the buildings and sites of the <strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong><br />

architectural and historical reserve...” The valley of the Rilomanastirska River is<br />

included in the buffer zone of the <strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong> Forest Reserve by force of the same<br />

Order # 307/10.04.1986. The buffer zone comprises <strong>part</strong>s of the forest estate with a<br />

total area of 1,199.6 ha, and a total of 1,202 ha of farmland. The location of <strong>Rila</strong><br />

<strong>Monastery</strong> Forest Reserve is shown in the Base Map of RMNP.<br />

The total area of the Reserve according to the Order # 307 is 3,445.5 ha. Order #<br />

114/24.02.1992 (SG No 20/10.03.1992; Appendix 1) enlarges the reserve territory to<br />

3676.5 ha including additional 230.9 ha along the Ilyina River Valley. According to<br />

the digital model of the <strong>Park</strong>, the reserve area amounts to 3,678.8 ha, i.e. 14% of the<br />

park’s total territory (Fig. 2).<br />

85,5%<br />

14%<br />

Fig. 2. The area of <strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong> Forest Reserve in relation to the combined<br />

territory of <strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Park</strong><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 />

Reserve -3,678.8hа<br />

<strong>Park</strong> territory - 21,574.4 hа<br />

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