Central Balkan National Park

Central Balkan National Park was established in 1991 by an order of Bulgaria’s environment minister. Nine reserves lie within its boundaries. The park and five surrounding municipalities also form part of the wider Central Balkan Biosphere Park.

Mountain slopes in the Central Balkan landscape.
Mountain slopes in the Central Balkan landscape. Photograph: krassiu @ Flickr. / Wikimedia Commons; CC BY 2.0.krassiu @ Flickr. / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Image source · Crop

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Central Balkan National Park was established in 1991 by an order of Bulgaria’s environment minister. Nine reserves lie within its boundaries. The park and five surrounding municipalities also form part of the wider Central Balkan Biosphere Park.

Recorded type
Object type under review
Country
Bulgaria

Editorial reading

Editorial interpretation: The relationship between a national park, its reserves and a wider biosphere area offers a way to distinguish overlapping forms of protection. Keeping their boundaries conceptually separate helps avoid treating every designation as the same territory.

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Recorded coordinates: 42.72028, 24.78139

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Source record: Responsible institution or municipality — factual source

Record identifier: factory-dossier-358ce4e15db4de3850a952cb

Source reference: visitcentralbalkan.net

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