PLANTS OF THE BULGARIAN FLORA PROTECTED BY THE BERN CONVENTION
Abstract
The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (the Bern Convention) was adopted in Bern, Switzerland on 19.09.1979, and came into force in 1982. It was ratified on November 25, 1991 by a decision of the Great National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and promulgated in 1995. The present work summarizes the systematic structure, ecological and biological characteristics of plants of the Bulgarian flora, included in Appendix I to the Convention, which was supplemented on March 5, 1998. Total 55 species from 47 genera and 34 families fall under the strictest protection of Bulgaria. The biological types, life forms, and geoelements of flora according to Walter are analyzed. The distribution of species in Bulgaria in relation to the altitude zones and floristic regions and subareas is presented, and the affiliation of these plants to different ecological groups is shown. The conservation significance of the studied species, developed on the basis of national and international documents and legislation, is presented. A complete systematic list of protected species of flora of Bulgaria included in Appendix I of the Berne Convention is presented.
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Tashev A. PLANTS OF THE BULGARIAN FLORA PROTECTED BY THE BERN CONVENTION. Vestnik of M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University. 2019;(4 (45)):7-14.
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