Regional Act No. 16 on the promotion of agriculture in mountain areas. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Friuli-Venezia Giulia Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Mountain area Land consolidation Agricultural land Agro-forestry Expropriation Agricultural development Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Southern Europe Abstract This Act aims at the improvement and protection of agricultural and forest resources in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, particularly through the promotion of agriculture in mountain areas. The rational exploitation of land in mountain territories is among the objectives hereby pursued. The latter include private undertakings and public interventions (art. 3). Articles 6 to 10 define with detail the procedure to attain the rationalization of land (proposal of rationalization, preliminary projec Full text Italian Website www.regione.fvg.it