Regional Act No. 2 setting up the Regional Forestry Body. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Lombardia Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Forest service/forest officers Institution Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The present Act has been enacted to establish the Regional Forestry Body, which shall exercise the functions listed out in articles 2 and 3. The functions cover among others management of the regional forest domain, prevention of forest fires, fight against pests, certification of environmental quality, control of the keeping and placing on the market of wild animals, surveillance on protected areas. The Regional Forestry Body shall act in association with the Communes and Mountain Communities, as the case may be (art. 2, par. 4). Full text Italian Website www.regione.lombardia.it