The Minister of Environment and Waters, Rositsa Karamfilova, issued an order declaring a protected area - a protected area "Alpine newt habitats in Rui Planina", in the lands of the villages of Rani lug and Nasalevtsi, municipality of Trun, district of Pernik, with a total area of ​​nearly 50 decares. reported the press center of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The protected area has been declared on the basis of the Law on Protected Areas with the aim of protecting the species Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) and its habitat, as well as protecting the breeding habitats of other species of amphibians of conservation importance, such as: Salamandra salamandra, Common newt (Triturus vulgaris), Southern crested newt (Triturus karelinii), Yellow-bellied tree frog (Bombina variegata), Brown toad (Bufo bufo) and Wood frog (Rana dalmatina).

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In the protected area, activities related to changing the purpose and the way of permanent use of the properties and drying up the water bodies, which are the subject of protection in the protected area and disrupting their water regime, are prohibited.

It is not allowed to build or place barriers that hinder the migration of amphibians, construction, with the exception of activities related to maintenance, repair and reconstruction of existing hydrotechnical and other facilities.

It is prohibited to search, explore and extract underground resources and extract inert materials, import plant and animal species uncharacteristic for the area and others.

The proposal to declare the protected area was made by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the BAS and the National Natural History Museum at the BAS.

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