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June
5 1995 saw the official birth of the Vesuvius
National Park, founded to protect Europe’s
only remaining active volcanic region.
The Park’s aims are:
the conservation of the existing fauna,
flora and geomorphological features ;
the application of models for management
and nature preservation ;
the encouragement of educational and
recreational activities as well as long-term
research ;
the re-establishment and defence of
a balanced hydraulic and hydrogeological
equilibrium ;
making the most of traditional cultural,
agricultural and craft activities.
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Forests
in Umbria (Central Italy) cover about 300,000
hectares (750,000 acres) which is 35,6%
of the Region’s total area (845,000
hectares / 2,113,000 acres). Coppice represents
85% of the total woodland area. Privately-owned
woodlands represent 72% of total woodland
area.
The Umbria Region has always undertaken
action in favour of the management and
profitable uses of its forestry heritage.
The resulting initiatives, with the transfer
of responsibility for forestry matters
to the regional services, have become
the framework objectives of regional forestry
policy. In Umbria, the Regional Council
Services devise programmes and lay down
general orientation and also develop activities
related to understanding the woodlands; whereas
the administrative dimension is delegated
to the Mountain Rural Districts (associations
of municipalities) and the monitoring
to the National Forestry Service.
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The
Spanish administrative region known as the
Generalitat Valenciana is formed of all
the government bodies and institutions of
the Regional Council of the (semi) Autonomous
Community of Valencia. It is involved in
the current project through its Department
of « Land Zoning and Housing »
which has overall responsibility for land
use and town and country planning, the environment
and for ground and housing management. The
management of woodland areas, particularly
as regards the prevention of wildfire, is
a fundamental aspect of the Generalitat
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The
Murcia Region, situated in South-East Spain,
displays great biological diversity. Its
protected territory (6% of the regional
area) is at present made up of regional
parks, protected landscapes and nature reserves
(4%). The protected area has increased considerably
as a result of the designation of 22 SPZs
(Special Protected Zones - Bird Directive)
and 50 SEIs (Sites of EC Interest –
Habitat Directive).
The region’s woodland areas, 68%
privately owned, are considered to be
among the most outstanding on the European
continent: a great number of endemic Ibero-African
species coexist with others that are strictly
Iberian (in all, more than 200 plant species).
In this context, forestry activity is
basically located in the "comarcas"
of the hinterland (forming some of our
project’s pilot areas). This activity
is not sizable economically but is essential
as a source of income for the mountain
population as well as a tool in the management
and conservation of natural resources.
In the Murcia Region, the RECOFORME project
is managed by the Department of Natural
Environments, a service of the Consejería
de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación
del Territorio which is, among
other things, in charge of the preservation
and conservation of natural heritage as
well as of biodiversity. Its Land Use
and Natural Resources Management Service
(Service de Ordenación
y Gestion de los Recursos Naturales)
is in charge of the following:
- The integrated management of the region’s
territory as regards the conservation
and sustainable development of its natural
resources;
- The design, execution and monitoring
of forestry projects in the areas under
its responsibility;
- The design, execution and monitoring
of forestry projects in the areas under
its responsibility;
- The preservation and management of
woodlands (including those of "public
usefulness";
- The development and implementation
of a regional strategy for woodlands
along with forestry planning
- The adaptation and authorisation of
sustainable cropping of woodland resources.
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The
aim of the Portuguese National Forestry
Resources Service is to promote the sustainable
development of forestry resources and associated
areas, along with hunting and aquatic resources,
through a knowledge of their evolution and
utilisation. With the objective of ensuring
their protection, conservation and management,
the Service fosters a balance between the
different economic sectors, encourages those
involved to assume responsibility for their
activities, at the same time fostering an
adequate organisation of woodland areas. |
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The
16 municipalities of the Alpilles massif
in South-East France have joined with the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Regional
Government Council and the Government Council
of the Bouches-du-Rhône département
to set up a combined public body: the Alpilles
Mountains Public Authority.
Founded in 1996, the Authority has taken
as its brief the protection, management
and profitable development of the Alpilles
hill country. It has instigated the Alpilles
"Landscape" Directive, projects
for wildfire fighting and prevention,
the restoration of burnt-out zones and
is at present behind the Alpilles Regional
Nature Park.
The geographical entity formed by the
Alpilles has thus managed to achieve strong
and coherent organisation throughout its
territory, capable of grappling with the
challenge inherent in this area: rural
towns and villages with a definite personality
which together make up the biggest forested
area under regular threat from wildfire
in the departement,
with large cities in each direction yet
faced with pressure from the issues related
to developing a tourism economy, and situated
in an agricultural area that is rural
and at the same time lively.
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The
IAMF, set up in 1996, has as its aim to
facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experience
and ideas related to Mediterranean woodlands
among all people involved, particularly
those in countries with a Mediterranean-type
climate.
The objective with such exchanges is
to help find a solution to problems cropping
up in the management and use of natural
land areas and forests in a Mediterranean
context and to facilitate shared discussion
and reflection in order to enhance the
importance given to such areas in land
use and development policy.
To pursue its objective the IAMF can
call on a network of some 3,000 members
from around the Mediterranean Rim, including
individuals, associations and national
and international bodies representative
of different walks of life: elected representatives,
professional foresters, environmentalists,
academics (of all disciplines), civil
defence and safety organisations.
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