Studenets   (Unique identification code in the register: BG0000240)

Category: PZ under both Directives

Map:
Map of the object

Area: 27946.08 hectares

Location:
1. District: Lovech, Municipality: Lukovit, Locality: Aglen, Bezhanovo, Dermantsi
2. District: Lovech, Municipality: Ugarchin, Locality: Dragana, Kalenik, Katunets
3. District: Pleven, Municipality: Dolni Dabnik, Locality: Barkach, Dolni Dabnik, Gradina, Krushovitsa, Petarnitsa, Sadovets
4. District: Pleven, Municipality: Pleven, Locality: Beglezh, Bohot, Brestovets, Disevitsa, Gortalovo, Kartozhabene, Kashin, Laskar, Nikolaevo, Pelishat, Pleven, Radishevo, Ralevo, Tarnene, Todorovo, Tuchenitsa, Yasen

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
Pleven - ul."Aleksander Stambolijski"1A

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.РД-800 from 04.11.2008 2-3-240-800-2008

Ordinance for change:

Record for protected zone (link):

Aims of the declaration:
1. Protection and maintenance of the habitats of the bird species referred to in items 2.1 and 2.2, their populations and distribution within the zone, in order to achieve and maintain their favorable condition;
2. Conservation and maintenance of the natural habitat types referred to in point 2.3, the habitats of the species referred to in point 2.4, their populations and distribution within the zone, in order to achieve and maintain their favorable conservation status in the Continental biogeographical region;
3. Improving the state of the habitats of bird species Cygnus olor, Crex crex, Vanellus vanellus, Limosa limosa,Larus ridibundus, Sterna hirundo, Chlidonias niger, Chlidonias hybridus, Alcedo atthis, Dendrocopos syriacus, Philomachus pugnax, Falco vespertinus, Falco cherrug;
4. Increase the contribution of the protected area to the area of natural habitats with codes 6110*, 6250*, 6430 and 6510;
5. Improving the structure and functions of natural habitats with codes 1530*, 3150, 3260, 6110*, 6210 (* important orchid habitats), 6240*, 6250*, 6430, 6510, 8210, 91E0*, 91G0*, 91H0*, 91I0*, 91M0 and 91Z0;
6. Improvement of habitats of species Triturus karelinii, Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca, Rhinolophus mehelyi and Myotis bechsteinii;
7. If necessary, improvement of the condition or restoration of types of natural habitats refered in item 2.3, habitats of the species refered in item 2 and their populations.

Objects of protection (species or habitats):
1. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 3 from Biological Diversity Act: Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Great White Egret (Egretta alba), Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), Black Stork (Ciconia nigra), White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Short-toed Eagle(Circaetus gallicus), Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina), Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus), Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Merlin (Falco columbarius), Corncrake (Crex crex), Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), European Roller (Coracias garrulus), Grey-headed Woodpecker(Picus canus), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor), Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana);
2. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 4 from Biological Diversity Act: Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans), European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster).
3. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 1 from Biological Diversity Act: 1530 * Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes; 3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition type vegetation; 3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation; 6110 * Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso Sedion albi; 6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia) (* important orchid habitats); 6240 * Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands; 6250 * Pannonic loess steppic grasslands; 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels; 6510 Lowland hay meadows; 7220 * Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion); 8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation; 8310 Caves not open to the public; 91E0 * Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Pandion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae); 91G0 * Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus; 91H0 * Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens; 91I0 * Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp.; 91M0 Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak-sessile oak forests; 91Z0 Moesian silver lime woods;
4. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 2 from Biological Diversity Act: Mammals - Spermophilus citellus, Mesocricetus newtoni, Vormela peregusna, Mustela eversmanii, Lutra lutra, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus Euryale, Rhinolophus mehelyi, Myotis blythii, Myotis myotis, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis capaccinii, Myotis emarginatus, Дългокрил прилеп Miniopterus schreibersii, Barbastella barbastellus; Amphibians and reptiles - Bombina bombina, Bombina variegata, Triturus karelinii, Emys orbicularis, Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca; Fish - Aspius aspius, Barbus meridionalis, Rhodeus amarus, Romanogobio uranoscopus, Cobitis taenia, Cobitis elongata, Sabanejewia aurata; Intervertebtrates - Bolbelasmus unicornis, Cerambyx cerdo, Morimus funereus, Lucanus cervus, Rosalia alpina, Lycaena dispar, Theodoxus transversalis, Unio crassus; Plants - Himantoglossum caprinum.

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. It is prohibited to remove landscape features (hedges, single trees and groups) in the use of agricultural land ;
2. It is prohibited to change the way of permanent use, plowing, afforestation and conversion into permanent plantations of meadows, pastures and grassland, when using agricultural lands as such;
3. It is prohibited the use of mineral fertilizers in meadows, pastures, grasslands, abandoned agricultural lands and forest areas, as well as plant protection products of professional category of use in these areas except for calamity, epiphytosis or the use of selective methods to combat invasive alien species;
4. It is prohibited to use unselected preventive for pest control in the agriculture;
5. It is prohibited mowing of meadows from the periphery to the center with fast-moving equipment before 15 July.
7. It is prohibited movement of motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs and buggies off existing roads in non-urban areas. The prohibition does not apply to routes for the movement of the listed motor vehicles determined on the basis of a normative act, as well as in case of disasters, emergencies and for carrying out fire-fighting, emergency, control and rescue activities;
8. It is prohibited the prospecting for minerals (construction and stone materials), creating new and expanding concession areas for extraction of minerals (construction and stone materials); prohibition does not apply in cases where the date of publication of the order in the "Official Gazette" has started a procedure for granting permits for prospecting and / or exploration and / or the concession for extraction under Subsurface Resources Act (SRA) and Concessions Act, or a procedure for their coordination under Chapter Six of the Law on environmental protection and / or art. 31 of the Biological Diversity Act or an application for registration of a commercial discovery;
9. It is prohibited to plow and afforest meadows, barren lands and other unforested forest territories within the boundaries of non-forest natural habitats under item 2.1 except in cases of proven need for protection against erosion and flood rain, as well as in cases of implementation of eligible plans, programs, projects or investment proposals approved in accordance with environmental legislation;
10. It is prohibited the use of fertilizers, soil improvers, biologically active substances, nutrient substrates and plant protection products that do not meet the requirements of the Plant Protection Act;
11. It is prohibited to use of organic sludge from industrial and other waters and household waste for introduction into agricultural land without permission from the specialized bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and when the concentration of heavy metals, metalloids and persistent organic pollutants in sludge exceeds background concentrations according to Annex № 1 of Ordinance № 3 of 2008 on the norms for permissible content of harmful substances in soils (SG, issue 71 of 2008);
12. It is prohibited to use of irrigation water that contains harmful substances and waste above the permissible norms;
13. It is prohibited changes in the hydrological regime through drainage, adjustment, dam construction within the natural boundaries of the water-dependent habitats, except: in case of danger of floods, which may lead to risk to human life and health or the occurrence of material damage; in case of disasters and accidents; to improve the condition of natural habitats and habitats of species under the item 2;
14. It is prohibited burning of stubble, syllables, roadside strips and areas with dry and moisture-loving vegetation;
15. It is prohibited to make a fire, improvements, electrification, conduct of business and sports activities in the caves and caves' entrances, as well as to break, damage, to collect or to remove of rock and cave formations, and also to divide the cave's entrance or its individual galleries in a way that prevents passing of bat species subject to protection under item 2.4.1;
16. It is prohibited conducting speleological research during the breeding season of bats - from March 1 to June 30;
17. It is prohibited extraction of wood and biomass in forests in the old age phase, except in cases of damage of more than 50% of the area of the respective forest in the old age phase due to natural disasters and calamities; in old age forests, through which existing forest roads and other infrastructure objects pass, if proven necessary, felling of single dry, damaged, endangered or obstructing the safe movement of people and vehicles or the normal functioning of infrastructure objects trees is allowed;
18. It is prohibited grazing of domestic animals in forest areas, which are designated for forests in the old age phase.

Overlapping (partial or full):
1. Natural Monument: Dolniya Parnik - peshtera
2. Natural Monument: Gininata Peshtera
3. Natural Monument: Gornia Parnik - peshtera
4. Natural Monument: Karstovo Zhdrelo Chernelka
5. Natural Monument: Nahodishte Na Tertsierni /Tortonski/ Vkamenelosti
6. Natural Monument: Peshterata Razbititsa
7. Natural Monument: Studenets
8. Protected Site: Dalgata Bara - Pametnika
9. Protected Site: Gushtera
10. Protected Site: Karstovata dolina na r. Petarnishka bara v m. Peshterite
11. Protected Site: Kaylaka
12. Protected Site: Parnika
13. Protected Site: Turiyata

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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