The project foresees the pilot restoration of damaged forest habitats in 2 NATURA 2000 sites – Dragoman (BG0000322) and Plana (BG0001307). Direct conservation activities will be implemented for 2 priority habitats:

• 91H0* Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens;
• 91E0* Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior.

In addition the project will indirectly benefit the following priority forest habitats:

• Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines;
• Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus;
• Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp;
• (Sub-)Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines
• and Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.

The timeframe for project implementation covers 46 months as of the project start in September 2011.