Regional Act No. 1 amending Regional Act No. 39 of 21 March 2000 on forestry Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Toscana Document type Legislation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Toscana No. 1, 10 January 2003 Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Afforestation/reforestation Protection forest Institution Offences/penalties Policy/planning Forest fires Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act lays down several amendments and addenda to Regional Act No. 39 of 2000 on forestry. Firstly, the application scope of Regional Act No. 39 is hereby broadened In fact, the regional provisions therein shall also deal with forest fires, in compliance with the basic principles laid down in Act No. 353 of 21 November 2000. The amendments, which are contained in Chapter I of this Act, refer mainly to the institutional framework relevant to the protection and management of forests. The modifications and addenda regard particularly the administrative functions which belong in this field to the Regional Council, the Provinces and Mountain Communities, such as the drafting and approval of forest inventories, interventions intended to preserve forest resources, expropriation, sylviculture, etc. Article 39 of Regional Act No. 39 of 2000, relating to the forest regulation to be adopted by the Provinces, is replaced by the text contained in article 16 hereto. Hereinafter, the Regional Council shall be in charge of the adoption of such regulation. Moreover, in accordance with new article 39 bis, the Regional Council shall be entitled to lay down urgent provisions to protect forests under particular circumstances. Further provisions concern fire-fighting activities, with particular regard to planning and to the competences pertaining to the Region, the Provinces and the Communes. Articles 57 to 60 of this Act refer to offences and establish related penalties. Full text Italian Website www.regione.toscana.it References - Legislation Amends Regional Act No. 39 on forestry. Legislation | Italy | 2000 (2018) Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Afforestation/reforestation, Mountain area, Inventory, Forest fires, Land clearing, Offences/penalties, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX