Regional Act No. 11 making provision to restore and protect rural territories. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Calabria Document type Legislation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Calabria No. 13, 16 July 2003 (Special Supplement) Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Institution Policy/planning Pollution control Drainage/land reclamation Irrigation Freshwater pollution Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Act aims at the protection and development of rural territories, giving particular regard to the protection of the environment and the rational utilization of water resources for irrigation purposes. The Region shall operate in conjunction with reclamation consortia (art. 15), whose main tasks shall be the planning, realization and management of reclamation and irrigation interventions. The Technical Committee on Reclamation is set up by article 7. Full text Italian Website www.regione.calabria.it