Vol. 63 No. 2 (2008):
Articles

Forest Management planning tools at different levels in Italy. 2nd part: Forest planning at sub-regional and local levels

Sebastiano Cullotta
Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Università degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle Scienze 11, 90128 Palermo,
Federico Maetzke
Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Università degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle Scienze 11, 90128 Palermo,

Published 2008-04-23

Keywords

  • forest management,
  • forest laws,
  • Territorial Forest Plan,
  • Local Forest Plan,
  • forest management plan

Abstract

This paper examines the current situation of forest management tools and their application at different levels in
Italy. Starting from EU regulations, Authors review the forest acts that promoted the National Forest Plan and the smaller scale levels, i.e. the regional and management plan level. The connection between forest plan and town plan are examined too, as far as connection and mutual relationships with other environmental and territorial
management tools. A new proposal of integrated plan at local level is also presented for forest management, in order to satisfy the need of a new systematic holistic approach to the problem of the correct relationship between man and forest.
This second contribution deals with the subregional (territorial/local) state of the art of forest management plans in
Italy, highlighting main differences among administrative regions.