Register of protected areas in Bulgaria

Peshtera Snezhanka   (Unique identification code in the register: 12)

Category: Natural Monument

Map:
Map of the object
Digital boundaries - WGS 84, UTM 35N (shp)	Digital boundaries are with the current status

Area: 122.5 hectares

Location:
District: Pazardzhik, Municipality: Peshtera, Locality: Peshtera

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
Pazardzhik - ul. "Gurko" № 3 et.4 p.k.220

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Forestry Directorates (RFD):
RFD Pazardzhik: SFE Peshtera

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.512 from 14.03.1961 512-1961

Ordinance for change:

1. Change in the area - increase with Ordinance No.РД-2419 from 25.12.1967 2419-1967
2. Change in the area - increase with Ordinance No.504 from 11.07.1979 504-1979

Aims of the declaration:
1. Protection of cave

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. It is prohibited to make any changes, which disturb the natural and unique character of this natural site, which in the future might require that such changes only be made with a permit from the Central forest management of forests and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
2. It is prohibited to alter, arrange or destroy the protected site.
3. It is allowed that the cave be explored under the guidance and control of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and only then can it be reorganized and developed and opened for Bulgarian and foreign tourists and nature lovers.

Overlapping (partial or full):
PZ under the Habitat Directive: Rodopi - Zapadni

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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