National statistical institute

Environmental and Energy Accounts Department

Zornitsa Ruseva

Senior expert

2 Panayot Volov St., 1038 Sofia

ZRuseva@nsi.bg

+359 2 9857 587

Number and area of protected natural scenery by category (reserves, natural landmarks, protected areas, national parks, and maintained reserves) as well as number of protected plant species, protected animal species and protected venerable trees.

Not available.

Exhaustive survey which covers all protected natural territories and objects.

Protected natural territories are the following categories:

Total for the country.

1976 - 2022

Not applicable.

Number; Hectares

Year.

Law of statistics.

The data for protected natural territories are received from Ministry of environment and water.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

The date of release of statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data on Protected natural scenery is published on the NSI website, section Environment in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Yearly.

No.

· Environment;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· Statistical Yearbook.

Data on Protected natural scenery are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Environment: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5108

Not available.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.

Statistical questionnaire.

Not available.

The data are cheched with previous periods.

Not available.

The information is used from different institutions, students and others.

No information.

The data for protected natural territories are at national level.

The data are nationally reprentative.

Not available.

Not available.

The data are published according the Calendar of dissemination of statistical information.

According the Calendar of dissemination of statistical information.

Not available.

Not available.

Not available.

Not available.

Not available.

Cost related to the collection and production of statistics on protected natural territories are announced annually in the National Statistical Programme.

The revisions are made in case of technical or methodological errors.

The revisions are made in case of different errors.

Ministry of environment and water.

Yearly.

Electronic questionnaire of Ministry of environment and water.

The data are checked for the wrong mesure unit and are compared with the previous periods.

The data are checked with the previous reported periods.

Not available.