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Verila   (Unique identification code in the register: BG0000308)

Category: PZ under the Habitat Directive

Map:

Map of the object


Area: 6443.42 hectares

Location:
1. District: Kyustendil, Municipality: Dupnitsa, Locality: Kraynitsi
2. District: Kyustendil, Municipality: Sapareva banya, Locality: Sapareva banya, Saparevo
3. District: Pernik, Municipality: Radomir, Locality: Dren, Gorna Dikanya
4. District: Sofia, Municipality: Samokov, Locality: Belchin, Klisura, Kovachevtsi, Popovyane, Yarlovo

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
1. Sofia - rayon Pernik - ul."Blagoy Gebrev" № 15, et.1
2. Sofiia - bul."Tsar Boris III" №136

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.РД-337 from 31.03.2021 2-2-308-337-2021

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 6210 (* important orhis habitats) in both biogeographical regions;
3. Improving the structure and functions of natural habitats with codes 6210 (* important orchid habitats), 6520, 9110, 9130 in both biogeographical regions and of natural habitat code 91M0 in the part of the protected area falling within the Continental biogeographical region;
4. Improvement of the habitats of the species Triturus karelinii and Emys orbicularis in the part of the protected area falling within the Continental biogeographical region;
5. 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;
6. Maintaining the connectivity of the habitats of the conservation priority species Ursus arctos and Canis lupus.

Objects of protection (species or habitats):
1. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 1 from Biological Diversity Act: 6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (*important orchid habitats); 6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae); 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels; 6520 Mountain hay meadows; 9110 Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests; 9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests; 9170 Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests; 91E0 * Alluvial forests withAlnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Pandion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae); 91M0 Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak-sessile oak forests;
2. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 2 from Biological Diversity Act: Mammals - Ursus arctos, Canis lupus, Barbastella barbastellus; Amphibians and reptiles - Bombina variegata, Triturus karelinii, Emys orbicularis; Intervertebrates - Austropotamobius torrentium, Cerambyx cerdo, Morimus funereus, Lucanus cervus, Rosalia alpina.

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. It is prohibited conducting races with motor vehicles outside the existing roads;
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 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;
4. 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;
5. 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;
6. 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;
7. 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;
8. 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;
9. 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);
10. It is prohibited to use of irrigation water that contains harmful substances and waste above the permissible norms;
11. It is prohibited burning of stubble, syllables, roadside strips and areas with dry and moisture-loving vegetation;
12. 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;
13. It is prohibited grazing of domestic animals in forest areas, which are designated for forests in the old age phase.
14. It is prohibited carrying out felling in natural habitat with code 91E0 *, except for the needs of facilities (elements) of the technical infrastructure, for prevention of dangers endangering human life and health, in case of disasters and accidents, for maintenance / improvement of natural habitats and habitats of the species under item 2, as well as in the cases of realization of admissible investment proposals, approved by the order of the ecological legislation;
15. It is prohibited construction of roads of second and higher class without ensuring the construction of appropriate green infrastructure for crossing of bears and other animals.

Overlapping (partial or full):
PZ under the Bird Directive: Palakaria


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