INSTITUTIONAL SURVEYS - Protected natural scenery| Contact |
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| Contact organisation | National statistical institute |
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| Contact organisation unit | Environmental and Energy Accounts Department |
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| Contact name | Zornitsa Ruseva |
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| Contact person function | Senior expert |
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| Contact mail address | 2 Panayot Volov St., 1038 Sofia |
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| Contact email address | ZRuseva@nsi.bg |
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| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 587 |
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| Metadata update |
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| Metadata last certified | 14 February 2024 |
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| Metadata last posted | 14 February 2024 |
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| Metadata last update | 14 February 2024 |
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| Statistical presentation |
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| Data description | 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. |
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| Classification system | Not available. |
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| Sector coverage | Exhaustive survey which covers all protected natural territories and objects. |
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| Statistical concepts and definitions | Protected natural territories are the following categories: |
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| Statistical unit | |
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| Statistical population | |
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| Reference area | Total for the country. |
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| Time coverage | 1976 - 2022 |
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| Base period | Not applicable. |
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| Unit of measure |
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Number; Hectares |
| Reference period |
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Year. |
| Institutional mandate |
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| Legal acts and other agreements | Law of statistics. |
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| Data sharing | The data for protected natural territories are received from Ministry of environment and water. |
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| Confidentiality |
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| Confidentiality - policy | · 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. |
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| Confidentiality - data treatment | 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. |
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| Release policy |
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| Release calendar | 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. |
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| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
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| User access | 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. |
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| Frequency of dissemination |
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Yearly. |
| Accessibility and clarity |
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| News release | No. |
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| Publications | · Environment; · Statistical Reference Book; · Statistical Yearbook. |
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| On-line database | 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 |
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| Micro-data access | Not available. |
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| Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI. |
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| Documentation on methodology | Statistical questionnaire. |
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| Quality documentation | Not available. |
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| Quality management |
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| Quality assurance | The data are cheched with previous periods. |
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| Quality assessment | Not available. |
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| Relevance |
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| User needs | The information is used from different institutions, students and others. |
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| User satisfaction | No information. |
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| Completeness | The data for protected natural territories are at national level. |
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| Accuracy and reliability |
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| Overall accuracy | The data are nationally reprentative. |
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| Sampling error | Not available. |
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| Non-sampling error | Not available. |
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| Timeliness and punctuality |
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| Timeliness | The data are published according the Calendar of dissemination of statistical information. |
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| Punctuality | According the Calendar of dissemination of statistical information. |
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| Coherence and comparability |
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Not available. |
| Comparability - geographical | Not available. |
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| Comparability - over time | Not available. |
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| Coherence - cross domain | Not available. |
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| Coherence - internal | Not available. |
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| Cost and burden |
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Cost related to the collection and production of statistics on protected natural territories are announced annually in the National Statistical Programme.
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| Data revision |
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| Data revision - policy | The revisions are made in case of technical or methodological errors. |
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| Data revision - practice | The revisions are made in case of different errors. |
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| Statistical processing |
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| Source data | Ministry of environment and water. |
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| Frequency of data collection | Yearly. |
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| Data collection | Electronic questionnaire of Ministry of environment and water. |
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| Data validation | The data are checked for the wrong mesure unit and are compared with the previous periods. |
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| Data compilation | The data are checked with the previous reported periods. |
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| Adjustment | Not available. |
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| Comment |
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