Regional Act No. 33 making provision in matter of land reclamation. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Basilicata Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural development Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Drainage/land reclamation Policy/planning Subdivision of land Cadastre/land registration Institution Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Basilicata Region promotes and arranges a general land reclamation scheme in order to provide for the territorial maintenance, the rational exploitation of water resources, soil conservation, agricultural development and improvement of agricultural production. The Region shall elaborate directives so as to plan the interventions to be undertaken by safeguarding at the same time the rural environment. With a view to implementing the land reclamation plans, the regional territory devoted to the said land reclamation shall be divided into different territorial areas (art. 3). A consortium shall be set up for each territorial area. Article 4 defines the content of land reclamation plans, to be adopted by the above-mentioned consortia, which shall in addition elaborate a special cadastre (art. 12). Full text Italian Website www.regione.basilicata.it