Draft Management Plan Persina Nature Park
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Draft Management Plan Persina Nature Park October 2006 Abbreviations AF Agricultural Fund BAS Bulgarian Academy of Science BD Basin Directorate BDA Biodiversity Act (Bulgaria) BGN Bulgarian Leva BSPB Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds CBD Convention on Conservation of Biological Diversity CC Consultative Council CHH Cultural Historical Heritage CITES Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna CMS Conservation Management System CoM Council of Ministers dka Decares (1,000m2) EA Environmental assessment EAFA Executive Agency for Fishing and Aquaculture EEA Environmental Executive Agency EEC European Economic Community EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMEPA Enterprise for management of environmental protection activities ESE Ecologically sustainable enterprise EU European Union EUNIS European Nature Information System FF Forestry Fund FMS Forest management section GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographic Information System ha Hectare IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources km Kilometre l Litre LAG Local Action Group m Metre m/s Metres per second m2 Square metre m3 Cubic metre MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry MDC Main drainage canal MoEW Ministry of Environment and Waters MoF Ministry of Finance MP Management Plan MRDPW Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works MWH Montgomery Watson Hauser m/s Metres per second NFB National Forestry Board NGO Non Governmental Organisation NIMH National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology NP Nature Park NPD Nature Park Directorate NPS Nuclear power station – Belene PAA Protected Areas Act PCU Project Coordination Unit PNP Persina Nature Park PNPD Persina Nature Park Directorate PS Protected Site RDMI Regional Department of the Ministry of Interior REMPPA Regulation on elaboration of management plans for protected areas RFB Regional Forestry Board RIEW Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Waters SAPARD Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development SFS State Forest Service(s) SGBS State Game-Breeding Station SME Small and Medium Enterprises UNDP United Nations Development Programme WFD Water Framework Directive WRBSR World Reference Base for Soil Resources WRPRP Wetland Restoration and Pollution Reduction Project of World Bank/GEF WWF World Wide Fund for Nature Table of Contents PART 0: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1 0.1 JUSTIFICATION FOR ELABORATION OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN..............................1 0.1.1. Justifications arising from the Protected Areas Act (PAA) ...............................................................1 0.1.2. Justifications arising from the Regulation .........................................................................................1 0.1.3. Justifications arising from the Terms-of-Reference...........................................................................1 0.2 THE PROCESS OF ELABORATION – PARTICIPANTS and PUBLIC HEARINGS ................2 0.2.1. Main Team Participants in Management Plan Preparation................................................................2 0.2.2. International Experts .........................................................................................................................2 0.2.3. Stakeholders that Participated in the Management Planning Process................................................3 0.2.4. Workshops and Public Hearings........................................................................................................3 0.3. PURPOSE AND SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PLAN..........................................................4 PART 1 DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF THE NATURE PARK.............................5 GENERAL INFORMATION ..............................................................................................................5 1.0. LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES.............................................................................................5 1.1. AREA OF THE NATURE PARK AND PROTECTED AREAS INCLUDED IN IT ...................6 1.1.1 The area of Persina Nature Park.....................................................................................................6 1.1.2 Protected areas within Nature Park ...............................................................................................6 1.2 CADASTRAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AFFILIATION............................................................7 1.3. LEGAL STATUS .......................................................................................................................8 1.3.1. Previous status and designation of the Nature Park ....................................................................8 1.3.2. Current Legal Status of the Nature Park............................................................................................9 1.3.3. Legal Framework for the Management of the Nature Park................................................................9 1.4. OWNERSHIP..........................................................................................................................18 1.4.1. Types of Ownership in the Nature Park...........................................................................................18 1.4.2. Legal Status of Current Usage Rights..............................................................................................19 1.5. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE ..............................................................................................20 1.5.1. Organisational structure and administration ....................................................................................20 1.5.2. Staff – Main Functions and Positions..............................................................................................22 1.5.3. Materials and Technical Equipment as of 2005...............................................................................25 1.6. EXISTING PROJECT PROPOSALS.......................................................................................25 1.6.1 Project proposals adopted in the last 5 years .........................................................................25 1.7. EXISTING FUNCTIONAL ZONES AND REGIMES..............................................................28 1.7.1. Restrictions according to Designation Order RD-684/04.12.2000 .............................................28 1.7.2 Established Regime Violations.........................................................................................................28 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ABIOTIC FEATURES ...................................................................29 1.8. CLIMATE................................................................................................................................29 1.8.1. Factors Forming the Local Climate .................................................................................................29 1.8.2. Local Climatic Features...................................................................................................................29 1.9. GEOLOGY AND GEO-MORPHOLOGY................................................................................31 1.9.1. Geological Structure, Morphological Structure and Morphometry .................................................31 1.9.2. Relief Geomorphology ....................................................................................................................32 1.10. HYDROLOGY AND HYDROBIOLOGY...............................................................................34 1.10.1. Hydrology and Hydrography.........................................................................................................34 1.10.2. Hydro-Chemistry...........................................................................................................................36 1.10.3. Hydrobiology.................................................................................................................................38 1.11. SOILS....................................................................................................................................39 1.11.1. Soils Distribution and Characteristics............................................................................................39 1.11.2. Soil Processes................................................................................................................................41 BIOLOGICAL FEATURES ..............................................................................................................42 1.12. ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOTOPES..........................................................................................42 1.12.1 Classification scheme for natural habitats .....................................................................................43 1.12.2. Classification scheme according to the EUNIS Classification .....................................................44 1.12.3. Priority habitats from Annex I of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC within the Nature Park........45 1.13. VEGETATION ......................................................................................................................46 1.13.1. EUNIS Habitats and their Syntaxons (plant associations) .............................................................46 1.13.2. Characteristics of the Forest Vegetation........................................................................................55 1.13.3. Forest