{"title":"Innovazioni per la valorizzazione multifunzionale degli alpeggi","authors":"Biagio Piccardi, E. Calvo, I. Buzzetti","doi":"10.4129/IFM.2020.4.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/IFM.2020.4.04","url":null,"abstract":"In the mountains of Lombardy, the practice of mountain pastures is an activity increasingly in crisis, even if it continues to be necessary and essential for the management of the territory and the social, cultural and economic promotion of mountain areas. A multifunctional approach to the management of mountain pastures is instead a suitable way to give value to the different natural, human, productive and cultural components which make up alpine activity. The article proposes a series of innovative initiatives to enhance, strengthen and support the activities of mountain farmers with particular attention to multi-functional aspects such as landscape conservation, typical productions, recreational and cultural services.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"281 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114608810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Violazioni amministrative in campo forestale. Confronto fra normative regionali","authors":"Stefano Gerbaldo","doi":"10.4129/IFM.2020.3.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/IFM.2020.3.03","url":null,"abstract":"The present work is proposed as a contribution to discussion about new Italian forest legislation and as a possible starting point for future policies. Some regional regulations have been compared for what concerns the administrative sanctioning rules applied in the sector. To give concreteness to the present argument, a specific case study has been carried out in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont, Italy). The istance has been chosen for its representativeness and high frequency, being its dendrometric parameters common in other regional contexts. Specifically, a pure meso-eutrophic beechwood has been analyzed. This has revealed a certain lack of homogeneity in the attribution of the form of forest management (coppice vs. highforest management systems). In fact there are different legal definitions of their dendrometric parameters. As a result, there are different silvicultural treatments to apply and very different levels of growing stock (in terms of number of trees, canopy cover area or tree volume) to be released. But it is above all the estimations of the allowable cut considered illegal (i.e. in stock volume and in number of trees), and even more the amounts of the administrative penalties that display the greatest differences. These differences would be even more relevant in the case of implementation of the European Union Regulation no. 995/2010, the so-called “Due Diligence”, which contrasts the trade of illegally sourced timber, and enumerates cases of law infringements strictly dependent on the configuration of the administrative offenses defined by regional regulations. The study carried out therefore highlights the opportunity to evaluate, in the appropriate areas of interinstitutional collaboration, the control algorithms for the best possible harmonization of the applicable regulations in Italy; the final goal should be the reduction of possible competitive imbalances between various companies operating in different regional contexts.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130280825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luigi Bartolozzi, Stefano Ignesti, Lorenzo Nencioni, Irene Cacciatore
{"title":"Recenti esperienze di lotta agli incendi boschivi in Provincia di Firenze. Un modello organizzativo da estendere","authors":"Luigi Bartolozzi, Stefano Ignesti, Lorenzo Nencioni, Irene Cacciatore","doi":"10.4129/IFM.2020.3.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/IFM.2020.3.02","url":null,"abstract":"The current AIB (Anti Incendi Boschivi - Forest Fire Fighting) organization in Tuscany and the Florence Province experiences in year 2017 were the starting points for optimization in forest fire prevention and control activities. The thematic database covered the 2012-2017 period, and the following variables were considered: number of fire events; burned wooded area and total area affected by flames. In 2017, the highest number of fire events were observed, while in average the fire affected area per event was lower than what recorded in less critical years. Besides the combination of several factors and circumstances, these results indicated the high-quality standard, in terms both of effectiveness and efficiency, achieved by the AIB regional organization. The current organizational model is the result of the year-long experience gained over time, and includes the participation of several Public Administration Institutions and Voluntary Associations in fire-fighting activities: in our opinion, resulting in a successful example of forest fire organization model. Our synthesis will introduce the Florence Group Carabinieri Foresters current control and prevention activities to forest fire fighting. In particular, the main methodologies will be presented covering the themes of (i) prevention and fire control operations; (ii) patrolling in operational readiness in order to ensure an immediate assessment of fire causes; (iii) investigation layout for the “Fire Event Dossiers - Fascicolo Eventi Incendi, (FEI), and (iv) fire fighting checks and investigation activities. Finally, some ideas and critical points - stemming from our professional experiences - will be brought to attention with the aim of improving the several different aspects - including the legal ones - relevant for reducing fire-affected areas in Tuscany, including landscape classification in terms of fire danger exposure and identification of those meteorological conditions, that will predispose the occurrence of the most serious events. In conclusion, most of the here-proposed evaluations highlight the importance of prevention together with the fire-fighting activities. The key-point - to be deeper investigated together with the Tuscany Region - concerns the analysis of events, which will help to determine fire-event causes and to ascertain possible interrelations and operational strategies.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"190 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114981159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Prete, Mario Cozzi, M. Viccaro, Frans Sijtsma, S. Romano
{"title":"Foreste e servizi ecosistemici culturali: mappatura su larga scala utilizzando un approccio partecipativo","authors":"C. Prete, Mario Cozzi, M. Viccaro, Frans Sijtsma, S. Romano","doi":"10.4129/IFM.2020.3.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/IFM.2020.3.01","url":null,"abstract":"The valorisation of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs) of forests is closely linked to the society involvement with regard to the role of recreational, spiritual and symbolic services of forest resources. In this direction, the aim of the study was to increase the knowledge of forest CESs, analysing the people’s preferences on natural areas by a web-based participatory GIS. The analysis shown the possibility to explicit not only the recreational component, but also the other components of CESs. Therefore, the mapping of CES on a large scale could be used for planning and management activities with an increase in awareness of local communities with respect to the natural resources present in the territory.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133401093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mario Colonico, Luca Di Salvatore, Umberto Di Salvatore, P. Corona
{"title":"Strategie integrate per le aree interne e montane italiane: dai piani forestali di indirizzo territoriale alle reti di imprese","authors":"Mario Colonico, Luca Di Salvatore, Umberto Di Salvatore, P. Corona","doi":"10.4129/ifm.2020.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2020.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"The inland and mountain areas are territories characterized by conditions of infrastructural and socio-economic disadvantage, but at the same time rich in environmental and cultural resources. The Italian strategy for inland areas aims to enhance their natural and human capitals. In this context, this work aims to investigate whether and how the territorial forestry plan (PFIT) can be a useful tool to identify the potential of those territories that make up the largest green infrastructure in the country, and to address their development. The question distinctively arises as to how the analyses and interventions provided by the PFITs can stimulate the creation of business networks among the production organizations located in the inland and mountain areas.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128027401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rolando Rizzolo, Michele Salis, V. Bacciu, E. Lingua, F. Rech, Antonio Brognaro, M. Bacchini
{"title":"La mappatura del rischio di incendi boschivi basata sulla previsione del comportamento degli incendi. Applicazione nella Regione del Veneto","authors":"Rolando Rizzolo, Michele Salis, V. Bacciu, E. Lingua, F. Rech, Antonio Brognaro, M. Bacchini","doi":"10.4129/ifm.2020.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2020.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"Considering the importance of forest fires problem in Italy, It is essential to improve the tools available for forest fire prevention, beginning with a correct and detailed fire risk evaluation. At present most part of forest fire plans at national level, do not consider, when dealing with forest fire risk analysis, fire’s behavior and potential propagation (or consider them only using empirical models). This study shows the methodology used by the Veneto Region for the characterization and mapping of forest fire risk at regional level. The application of forest fire propagation simulation allowed the creation of very detailed maps and the acquisition of important information about potential fire intensity, something not possible using only empirical methods","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132643327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Per una nuova considerazione del valore economico dei popolamenti forestali","authors":"Gianpiero Andreatta","doi":"10.4129/ifm.2020.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2020.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"Since silviculture was first introduced, the “economic value” of forest stands has been determined by timber production. Despite the fact that, in the last few decades, the concept of forest ecosystem “multi-functionality” has emerged - a concept that recognizes the multiple services and benefits that the community can benefit from - still, forest stands’ economic value is exclusively determined by their productive function. This concept is also at the root of the governing laws in the forestry sector of our country. A substantial legal and regulatory contribution to overcome the exclusive “productive” considerations of wooded formations followed the Constitutional Court’s ruling 105/2008 stating that forest stands are both a “patrimonial asset” (which its owner can benefit from) and an “environmental asset” (referring to multiple environmental functions exercised for the benefit of society as a whole). In light of this, valuing land only by its timber production sounds outdated. It seems rather appropriate and necessary, from a cultural point of view, that the community supplies wooded land owners - however the type of land - with financial remuneration as acknowledgement for the services and benefits provided by “their” wooded land. This could be obtained by granting owners a government “tax credit”. Different sums are proposed for each forest stand: those subject to management plans and those that are not. Assuming a sum of 100 and 50 euros per hectare for the aforementioned cases, a tax credit would be granted to landowners estimated at € 400 million per year.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130158852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lo spazio e il tempo per le foreste resilienti","authors":"A. Bottacci","doi":"10.4129/ifm.2020.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2020.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"Forests are now universally thought of as Complex Adaptive Systems. The adaptive capacity of these ecosystems is directly proportional to their resistance, resilience and adaptability/plasticity. These attributes are, in turn, a function of the degree of biocomplexity (compositional, structural and functional/relational) obtained by the system itself. Because a forest can reach a high level of complexity, an adequate three-dimensional physical space and a very long time span must be ensured. Managed forests are often limited in surface (due to physical or ecological fragmentation) and in height (due to too early and intense cuts, which does not allow the canopy to occupy all the available biospace) making them more simplified and therefore less resilient. As regards time, the diversity between human time and forest time is not often taken into account, attempting to accelerate, in an unnatural way, the growth and succession of the structural phases. Speed is the enemy of complexity, especially relational complexity, on which the ability of forests to respond to external disturbances is based. Global change and the new challenges for the planet’s future require a decisive change in the criteria and methods of forest management, also considering the great value of ecosystems left to undisturbed natural evolution.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132446137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biodiversità, silvosistemica e gestione forestale","authors":"O. Ciancio","doi":"10.4129/IFM.2020.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/IFM.2020.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"Forest management has evolved from a typically productive approach, which evaluates silvicultural techniques and planning methods according to wood production levels, to the current approach where sustainability becomes the aim and social and environmental variables are fundamental. Various questions related to biodiversity, preservation and active conservation of forest systems, are discussed. Active conservation of forest systems consists in systemic silviculture for natural forests, renaturalization for forests which have been heavily simplified by management in the past, and traditional silvicultural activities connected to local traditional knowledge where anthropologic, historical, cultural and landscape aspects are important. Systemic silviculture considers the forest a complex biological system where humankind can intervene within the limits of the system’s functionality, without reducing complexity and biodiversity, i.e. respecting the rights of the forest.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131561454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Iovino, A. Nicolaci, Alfonso de Nardo, Esposito Vincenzo
{"title":"Gestione forestale e prevenzione del dissesto idrogeologico in territori ad elevata vulnerabilità in Campania","authors":"F. Iovino, A. Nicolaci, Alfonso de Nardo, Esposito Vincenzo","doi":"10.4129/ifm.2020.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2020.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on the compatibility between forest management and soil conservation with reference to chesnut (Castanea sativa Mill.), holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) and especially Manna Ash (Fraxinus ornus L.) mixed hop Hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia Scop.) coppices stands, located on slopes of Campania and characterized by intensely pedogenised pyroclastic coverage, but unstable when facing intense rainy events. Based on the Corine Land Cover system (2012), we divided the areas into the three physiognomic types; thus, the proportion of surfaces falling under the pyroclastic coverage, which are the more instable, were obtained by overlapping the land systems and soil map produced by the Campania region (2014). For each type of coppice, we examined all the different structural conditions (traditional coppices, coppices past traditional rotation age and coppice in conversion to high forest) and underlined the most important critical issues due to clearcutting, We summarized the different types of silvicultural interventions to improve the forest management sustainability, especially in those areas which are vulnerable to hydrogeological instability. We also stressed that forest planning is the essential tool for sustainable management of coppices, together with the catchment area and the fire-fighting planning.","PeriodicalId":336087,"journal":{"name":"L'italia Forestale E Montana","volume":"06 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129352665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}