Regional Act No. 5 on the prevention of forest fires and reforestation efforts.

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Forestry protection measures Forest fires Afforestation/reforestation Private forest Subsidy/incentive Offences/penalties Forest management/forest conservation

Geographical area

Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Abstract

Those forests of the Lazio Region that have been damaged by fire shall be subject to restoration interventions and may not be destined to uses other than sylviculture (art. 1). Fire-preventing and fire-fighting activities are entrusted to the Regional Inspectorate of Forests (art. 2). Article 5 makes provision in matter of fire-fighting and fire-preventing equipment. Forests damaged or destroyed by fire may not be transformed and may not be used for grazing, hunting nor for the transit of animals. The penalties determined by article 6 shall be applied in case of violation. The Region shall draw up and publish a cartography regarding its own territory and providing with information relevant to, among others, location of sources and water courses, location of watch-posts. Owners of private forests damaged or destroyed by fire shall restore such forests by participating in the subsidies granted to this end by the Region (art. 8).

Full text

Italian

Website

www.regione.lazio.it

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Regional Act No. 39 concerning the management of forest resources.

Legislation | Italy | 2002

Keyword: Afforestation/reforestation, Agro-forestry, Ecosystem preservation, Expropriation, Forest fires, Forest management/forest conservation, Inventory, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Pests/diseases, Policy/planning, Plant protection, Private forest, Protection forest, Public forest, Subsidy/incentive, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Planting material/seeds, Protection of species, Biodiversity, Wild flora, Management/conservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX