By a government decision, part of the Osogovo Mountains is declared a protected area in category V - a protected landscape due to the diversity and richness of biodiversity, geodiversity, hydrological characteristics, landscape, scenic and other values, natural beauties, as well as for the preservation of the specific interaction of people and nature within the Osogovo Mountain Rural Landscape. The decision was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 277/2020 of 20.11.2020.