Register of protected areas in Bulgaria

Torfeno Branishte   (Unique identification code in the register: 5)

Category: Reserve

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

Area: 785.44 hectares

Location:
District: Sofia (stolitsa), Municipality: Stolichna, Locality: Sofia

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
Sofiia - bul."Tsar Boris III" №136

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Forestry Directorates (RFD):
RFD Sofia: SFE Samokov, SFE Sofia

Ordinance for announcement:
Government decree No.16362 from 01.10.1935 16362-1935

Ordinance for change:

1. Change in the area - increase with Ordinance No.602 from 12.08.1980 602-1980
2. Change in the area - increase with Ordinance No.82 from 08.02.1991 82-1991
3. Change in the area - actualisation with Ordinance No.РД-565 from 12.07.2007 565-2007
4. Change in the area - actualisation with Ordinance No.РД-225 from 06.04.2015 225-2015
5. Accepting the management plan with Ordinance No.РД-866 from 15.09.2021 866-2021

Management plan for protected area (link):

Aims of the declaration:
1. Subalpine bogs

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. Natural Park: Vitosha
2. PZ under both Directives: Vitosha

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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