Vol. 69 No. 1 (2014):
Articles

Legal definition of forest into Italian law

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  • Alessandro Cerofolini
Alessandro Cerofolini
Primo dirigente del Corpo forestale dello Stato - Direttore della Divisione XV dell’Ispettorato Generale
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2014.1.03

Published 2014-03-14

Keywords

  • forest vegetation,
  • forest definitions,
  • Italian law system.

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Abstract

This article explains, in a clear and systematic way,the legal definition of forest in the Italian law system. After a brief historical analysis, the Author examines the definition of forest given by the state legislature with Article 2 of Legislative Decree May 18, 2001,n. 227, as amended by Article 26 of the Law n. 35, 4 April 2012, and compares it with some forest definitions in Regional laws. The concept of forest is discussed in relation to a brief review of the most recent laws and to a detailed analysis of the forest definition given by FAO (FRA 2000, FRA 2005 and FRA 2015), ISTAT, the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences and the Italian National Forest Inventory.
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