Tsentralen Balkan - bufer   (Unique identification code in the register: BG0001493)

Category: PZ under the Habitat Directive

Map:
Map of the object

Area: 138416.39 hectares

Location:
1. District: Gabrovo, Municipality: Gabrovo, Locality: Debel dyal, Gabene, Gabrovo
2. District: Gabrovo, Municipality: Sevlievo, Locality: Kravenik, Stokite
3. District: Lovech, Municipality: Teteven, Locality: Babintsi, Cherni Vit, Divchovoto, Glogovo, Glozhene, Gradezhnitsa, Malka Zhelyazna, Ribaritsa, Teteven, Vasilyovo
4. District: Lovech, Municipality: Troyan, Locality: Balabansko, Balkanets, Beli Osam, Borima, Cherni Osam, Chiflik, Golyama Zhelyazna, Kaleytsa, Oreshak, Shipkovo, Staro selo, Terziysko, Troyan
5. District: Lovech, Municipality: Ugarchin, Locality: Kirchevo, Lesidren, Sopot
6. District: Lovech, Municipality: Аpriltsi, Locality: Velchevo, Аpriltsi
7. District: Plovdiv, Municipality: Karlovo, Locality: Hristo Danovo, Iganovo, Kalofer, Karlovo, Karnare, Klisura, Moskovets, Pevtsite, Rozino, Slatina, Vasil Levski
8. District: Plovdiv, Municipality: Sopot, Locality: Sopot, Аnevo
9. District: Sofia, Municipality: Chelopech, Locality: Chelopech
10. District: Sofia, Municipality: Etropole, Locality: Brusen, Etropole, Lopyan, Yamna
11. District: Sofia, Municipality: Mirkovo, Locality: Mirkovo
12. District: Sofia, Municipality: Pirdop, Locality: Pirdop
13. District: Sofia, Municipality: Zlatitsa, Locality: Tsarkvishte, Zlatitsa
14. District: Stara Zagora, Municipality: Gurkovo, Locality: Dimovtsi, Lyava reka, Pchelinovo
15. District: Stara Zagora, Municipality: Kazanlak, Locality: Dolno izvorovo, Enina, Golyamo Dryanovo, Gorno Izvorovo, Kran, Sheynovo, Shipka, Yasenovo
16. District: Stara Zagora, Municipality: Maglizh, Locality: Borushtitsa, Seltse, Slivito
17. District: Stara Zagora, Municipality: Pavel banya, Locality: Gabarevo, Gorno Sahrane, Manolovo, Osetenovo, Skobelevo, Tarnicheni, Tazha, Аsen

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
1. Pleven - ul."Aleksander Stambolijski"1A
2. Plovdiv - bul."Maritsa" 122
3. Sofiia - bul."Tsar Boris III" №136
4. Stara Zagora - bul."Stara planina" № 2
5. Veliko Tarnovo - ul."N.Gabrovski" 68

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.РД-272 from 31.03.2021 2-2-1493-272-2021

Ordinance for change:

Record for protected zone (link):

Aims of the declaration:
1. Preservation and maintenance of the types of natural habitats specified in item 2.1, the habitats of the species specified in item 2.2, their populations and distribution within the boundaries of the zone, to achieve and maintain their favorable nature conservation status in the relevant biogeographical regions;
2. Increase the contribution of the protected area to the area of natural habitats with code 62D0 in the Alpine and Continental biogeographical region;
3. Improving the structure and functions of natural habitats with codes 6210 (* important orchid habitats), 62D0, 6430, 6520, 9180*, 91BA, 91CA, 91E0*, 91W0 and 9530* in both biogeographical regions;
4. Improving the structure and functions of natural habitats with codes 4060 and 95A0 in the part of the protected area falling in the Alpine biogeographical region and of natural habitat with code 6510 in the part of the protected area falling in the Continental biogeographical region;
5. Improvement of the habitats of the species Rhinolophus mehelyi, Emys orbicularis and Hamatocaulis vernicosus in both biogeographical regions and habitat of the species (Himantoglossum caprinum in the part of the protected zone falling in the Alpine biogeographical region;
6. If necessary, improving the condition or restoring the types of natural habitats specified in item 2.1, habitats of species specified in item 2.2 and their populations;
7. Maintaining the connectivity of the habitats of the conservation priority species Ursus arctos and Canis lupus, as well as the Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica.

Objects of protection (species or habitats):
1. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 1 from Biological Diversity Act: 4060 Alpine and Boreal heaths; 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); 62D0 Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands; 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels; 6510 Lowland hay meadows; 6520 Mountain hay meadows; 8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation; 8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation; 8310 Caves not open to the public; 9110 Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests; 9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests; 9150 Medio-European limestone beech forests of the (Cephalanthero-Fagion); 9170 Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests; 9180 * Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines; 91AA * Eastern white oak woods; 91BA Moesian silver fir forests; 91CA Rhodopide and Balkan Range Scots pine forests; 91E0 * Alluvial forests withAlnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Pandion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae); 91G0 * Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus; 91M0 Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak-sessile oak forests; 91W0 Moesian beech forests; 9530 * (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines; 95A0 High oro-Mediterranean pine forests;
2. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 2 from Biological Diversity Act: Mammals - Ursus arctos, Canis lupus, Lutra lutra, Spermophilus citellus, Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus mehelyi, Myotis myotis, Myotis blythii, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis capaccinii, Miniopterus schreibersii, Barbastella barbastellus; Amphibians and reptiles - Bombina variegata, Triturus karelinii, Emys orbicularis, Testudo graeca, Testudo hermanni; Fish - Barbus meridionalis, Sabanejewia aurata, Cottus gobio; Intervertebrates - Austropotamobius torrentium, Coenagrion ornatum, Lucanus cervus, Cerambyx cerdo, Morimus funereus, Osmoderma eremita, Cucujus cinnaberinus, Rosalia alpina, Euplagia Callimorpha quadripunctaria, Euphydryas aurinia, Polyommatus eroides, Lycaena dispar, Unio crassus; Plants - Himantoglossum caprinum, Echium russicum, Dicranum viride, Hamatocaulis vernicosus, Mannia triandra.

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. It is prohibited conducting races with motor vehicles outside the existing roads and the places regulated for that;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. It is prohibited to remove landscape features (borders, vital single trees and groups of trees, traditional strips occupied by shrub and tree vegetation among lands under cultivation, protective forest belts, stone fences and hedges), when using agricultural land as such, except in cases to removal of invasive alien species of trees and shrubs;
6. 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;
7. 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;
8. 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);
9. It is prohibited to use of irrigation water that contains harmful substances and waste above the permissible norms;
10. It is prohibited burning of stubble, syllables, roadside strips and areas with dry and moisture-loving vegetation;
11. 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 species subject to protection under item 2.2.1;
12. It is prohibited conducting speleological research during the breeding season of bats - from March 1 to June 30;
13. It is prohibited issuing permits for construction and any construction in the localities of the species Dicranum viride and the species Hamatocaulis vernicosus, determined with coordinate registers according to annexes No. 2 and No. 3, an integral part of this order, as well as initiating, conducting or continuing procedures in accordance with the Law on Environmental Protection, the Biodiversity Act, Forests Act, the Law on the Protection of Agricultural Lands, the Law on the Ownership and Use of Agricultural Lands, the Law on Territorial Planning and the corresponding by-laws, which are a prerequisite for the implementation of construction; the prohibition does not apply to the repair and reconstruction of existing objects and to the construction, repair or reconstruction of facilities (elements) of the technical infrastructure;
14. It is prohibited search and exploration of common minerals (construction and rock facing materials), discovery of new and expansion of concession areas for extraction of common minerals (construction and rock facing materials) in the deposits of the Dicranum viride species and of the species Hamatocaulis vernicosus, determined with coordinate registers according to annexes No. 2 and No. 3, an integral part of this order;
15. It is prohibited drainage, ploughing, afforestation and conversion into permanent plantations of the Hamatocaulis vernicosus species deposits, determined with a coordinate register according to Annex No. 3, an integral part of this order;
16. It is prohibited removal of fellings and removal of dead wood in the deposits of the species Dicranum viride, determined with a coordinate register according to Annex No. 2, an integral part of this order, except for the needs of facilities (elements) of the technical infrastructure, to prevent life-threatening hazards and human health, in disasters and accidents or to maintain/improve the habitats of the species;
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.
19. It is prohibited construction of new roads of the second and higher class without securing the construction of appropriate green infrastructure for the passage of bears and other animals.

Overlapping (partial or full):
1. Managed Nature Reserve: Chamdzha
2. Natural Monument: Cherti Grad
3. Natural Monument: Evkaya - Kamennata Kashta
4. Natural Monument: Kozi Dol
5. Natural Monument: Mechata Dupka
6. Natural Monument: Mechkite
7. Natural Monument: Mileva Stena
8. Natural Monument: Orlov Kamak - Chervenata Stena
9. Natural Monument: Peshterata Toplya
10. Natural Monument: Suchurum - Vodopad
11. Natural Monument: Tarnichensko Praskalo
12. Natural Monument: Toplata Dupka
13. Protected Site: Anomir
14. Protected Site: Benkovskata Peshtera
15. Protected Site: Borsuk Kaya
16. Protected Site: Cherniyat Rat
17. Protected Site: Desetkar
18. Protected Site: Eninskoto zhdrelo
19. Protected Site: Guruncheto
20. Protected Site: Katuna
21. Protected Site: Kostina
22. Protected Site: Krivatsite
23. Protected Site: Sechi Kamak
24. Protected Site: Usoynata
25. Reserve: Elenova Gora
26. Reserve: Kamenshtitsa
27. Reserve: Leshnitsa
28. PZ under the Bird Directive: Tsentralen Balkan Bufer
29. PZ under the Bird Directive: Vasilyovska planina

Questions on the content: biomon@eea.government.bg, phone: 00359 2 940 64 73

Technical issues: it@eea.government.bg

Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
The data in the registry are updated regularly