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Regional Act No. 9 on environmental protection and laying down new provisions in matter of protected nature areas as per Act No. 394 of 6 December 1991 and Act No. 142 of 8 June 1990.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Umbria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Umbria No. 13, 15 March 1995, Ordinary Supplement.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protected area Policy/planning Zoning Institution Access-to-information Basic legislation
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Regional Act makes provision in matter of regional and local protected nature areas by implementing the general principles laid down in Act No. 394 of 6 December 1991. The Region shall create protected nature areas in order to protect and restore the landscape and the environment as well as to ensure the proper use of the territory. In addition, the Region shall promote the establishment of inter-regional protected areas and shall collaborate with the governmental administration within the management and promotion of national protected nature areas (art. 4). The basic instrument for the functioning and management of protected areas is the regional plan referred to in article 5, to be approved by the Regional Council upon advice given by the Provinces, Mountain Communities and the Communes. The plan shall, inter alia, determine and classify nature areas of local interest. The Region Council is empowered to approve the regional management plan intended for implementing the former plan, too (art. 6). Protected nature areas are established by Regional Act, in accordance with the principles and rules provided for in their respective regional plans. The Act shall delineate the area's perimeter and determine the managing entity. Each protected area shall have: (a) a special plan (to be adopted by the managing entity), subdividing the territory into the different zones referred to in article 12 ; (b) a socio-economic plan; (c) a regulation setting out management criteria. Adjacent areas may be created for protective purposes, too (art. 17). The entity in charge of the management of protected nature areas must forward annually to the Regional Council a report concerning the activities that have been peformed (art. 19).

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.umbria.it