Provincial Act No. 11 on management of forest and mountain areas, water courses and protected areas. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Trentino-Alto Adige Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Trentino Alto Adige No. 23, 5 June 2007. Subject Forestry, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Ecosystem preservation Forestry protection measures Mountain area Agro-forestry Agricultural development Forest fires Forest service/forest officers Plant protection Protected area Policy/planning Monitoring Access-to-information Subsidy/incentive Institution Special fund Offences/penalties Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Waterworks Pollution control Protection of habitats Biodiversity Collecting/harvesting Expropriation Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Act sets forth the legislative framework relating to the preservation of biodiversity and the protection of the environment in the Autonomous Province of Trento. It pursues the ecological balance of the provincial territory and its mountain ecosystems. These provisions deal with: (a) plans and programmes to be adopted by the Province in the field of management of forests and mountain areas; (b) setting up of a monitoring and information system for forests and mountain areas; (c) waterworks and interventions in the field of water courses management; (d) hydrogeological restrictions; (e) measures and rules to prevent forest fires; (f) protection of forests against pests; (g) protection of flora and wildlife products such as truffles and mushrooms; (h) protected areas; (i) promotion and improvement of forest resources; (j) incentives and subsidies for the interventions covered by these provisions; (k) forest surveillance system; (l) penalties. The Act sets up the Forest Technical Committee (art. 20) and the Provincial Forest Fund (art. 93). Article 115 lays down the list of provincial acts amended or repealed by these provisions. Full text Italian Website www.regione.taa.it References - Legislation Amends Provincial Act No. 17 on interventions to promote the development of mountains areas and laying down urgent provisions on agriculture Legislation | Italy | 1998 Keyword: Agricultural development, Agro-forestry, Less favoured areas, Mountain area, Special fund, Institution, Access-to-information, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provincial Act No. 30 laying down provisions for the protection of forests against fires. Legislation | Italy | 1977 Keyword: Forest fires, Forestry protection measures, Policy/planning, Offences/penalties, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provincial Act No. 48 laying down provisions for strenghtening forest areas and related resources. Legislation | Italy | 1978 Keyword: Agricultural development, Mountain area, Policy/planning, Subsidy/incentive, Special fund, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provincial Act No. 14 to support mountain agriculture. Legislation | Italy | 1992 Keyword: Agricultural development, Mountain area, Less favoured areas, Financial agricultural measures, Access-to-information, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Provincial Act No. 17 on the protection of alpine flora. Legislation | Italy | 1973 Keyword: Wild flora, Collecting/harvesting, Total allowable catch, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provincial Act No. 16 on the protection of certain fauna species. Legislation | Italy | 1973 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Amphibians, Molluscs, Insects, Reptiles, Total allowable catch, Offences/penalties, Protection of species, Wild fauna Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provincial Act No. 14 to safeguard biotopes of particular environmental, cultural and scientific interest. Legislation | Italy | 1986 Keyword: Inland waters, Ecosystem preservation, Protected area, Protection of habitats, Wetlands, Expropriation, Offences/penalties, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provincial Act No. 16 regulating the gathering of mushrooms. Legislation | Italy | 1991 Keyword: Collecting/harvesting, Non-timber products, Authorization/permit, Total allowable catch, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree of the President of the Province No. 35 concerning the procedure for approving forest and mountain areas plans, forest management plans, simplified cultivation plans and forest fire prevention plans. Legislation | Italy | 2009 Keyword: Policy/planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Forest fires, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree of the President of the Province No. 34 governing the organization, functioning and tasks of the Provincial Agency on Forests (article 68 of Provincial Act No. 11 of 2007). Legislation | Italy | 2009 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 51 governing the methods of collection, purchase and transfer of forest reproductive material. Legislation | Italy | 2008 Keyword: Internal trade, Special fund, Planting material/seeds Source: FAO, FAOLEX