Register of protected areas in Bulgaria

Mantaritsa   (Unique identification code in the register: 22)

Category: Reserve

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

Area: 1088.79 hectares

Location:
District: Pazardzhik, Municipality: Rakitovo, Locality: Rakitovo

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: SHE Rakitovo

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.960 from 08.06.1968 960-1968

Ordinance for change:

1. Change in the area - increase with Ordinance No.3812 from 06.09.1975 3812-1975
2. Change in the area - increase with Ordinance No.529 from 07.07.1992 529-1992
3. Accepting the management plan with Ordinance No.РД-798 from 02.12.2015 798-2015
4. Change in the area - actualisation with Ordinance No.РД-1049 from 18.11.2021 1049-2021

Management plan for protected area (link):

Aims of the declaration:
1. To protect the dwelling of wood grouse and the virgin nature of the coniferous forest in this part of the Rhodopes.
2. Conservation of virgin whitepine, spruce-whitepine and beech-whitepine plantations.
3. To preserve long-term the deposits of rare and endangered animal species and specimens of typical forest ecosystems of the region.

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. All activities are prohibited in the forest reserve except: 1. its conservancy; 2. visits with a scientific purpose; 3. people walking on the designated paths, including when it's with an educational purpose; 4. collection of seeds, wild plants, and animals with a scientific purpose

Overlapping (partial or full):
1. PZ under the Bird Directive: Zapadni Rodopi
2. PZ under the Habitat Directive: Rodopi - Zapadni

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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