Regional Act No. 57 on regional interventions to preserve and protect forests against fires Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Campania Document type Legislation Date 1975 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Campania No. 27, 20 June 1975 Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Forest fires Policy/planning Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract With a view to preserving and protecting forests against fires, the regional authority is charged with: (a) the drawing up and funding of special plans, to be adopted as per homogeneous areas, aimed at preventing forest fires; (b) the adoption of programmes concerning the restoration of forests damaged by fires; (c) the drawing up of educational programmes to raise awareness in this field; (d) the purchase of the means necessary to prevent fires. Article 2 describes the content of the above-mentioned plans. Full text Italian Website www.regione.campania.it