Regional Act No. 31 on agriculture, forests, fisheries and rural development. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Lombardia Document type Legislation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lombardia No. 50, 10 December 2008. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Fisheries, Forestry, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Access-to-information Agricultural land Agro-forestry Business/industry/corporations Capacity building Financial agricultural measures Local government Non-governmental entity Soil conservation/soil improvement Sustainable use Pastoralism Inland fisheries Forest management/forest conservation Inventory Public forest Timber extraction/logging Pests/diseases Animal production Plant production Plant protection Viticulture/oenological practices Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act sets out the legislative framework governing agriculture, forests, fisheries and rural development in Lombardia. The Act aims at the development of rural areas and the promotion of agricultural activities, with particular regard to agroforestry and sylvo-pastoralism. To this end it provides for the allocation of subsidies and envisages interventions. Specific provisions concern the setting up of a computerized register on agricultural enterprises, the legal recognition of producers’ organizations, the arrangement of an integrated service to support and assist agricultural enterprises through capacity building interventions. As regards forestry, the Act provides for the drawing up of a regional inventory on forest resources and the regional forest map. Provisions on the organization and functioning of the phitosanitary protection service are laid down as well. Full text Italian Website www.regione.lombardia.it References - Legislation Amended by Regional Act No. 4 amending Regional Act No. 31 of 2008 on agriculture, forests, fisheries and rural development, by inserting new chapter VIII ter on the control of winegrowing potential. Legislation | Italy | 2011 Keyword: Beverages, Viticulture/oenological practices, Certification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 14 amending Regional Act No. 31 of 2008 on agriculture, forests, fisheries and rural development, as regards rural markets and the promotion of local products. Legislation | Italy | 2013 Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural development, Agro-forestry, Vending Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Act No. 13 amending Regional Act No. 31 of 2001 on agriculture, forests, fisheries and rural development, as regards agricultural cooperatives. Legislation | Italy | 2014 Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization Source: FAO, FAOLEX