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Environmental and Forest Planning in Italy: Conflicts and Opportunities

Federico Guglielmo MaetzkeSebastiano Cullotta

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Settore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale E SelvicolturaSeven Management and Planning ToolsSustainable forest managementPlan (drawing)Woodland010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesEnvironmental design and planning11. SustainabilityAsset (economics)Environmental planning0105 earth and related environmental sciences040101 forestryplanning conflictbusiness.industryEnvironmental resource managementenvironmental planning04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesGeneral Medicineplanning conflicts15. Life on landsustainable forest managementForest planningScale (social sciences)Sustainability0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesenvironmental planning.Forest planning; sustainable forest management; planning conflicts; environmental planningBusiness

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Abstract The necessity of a more sustainable use of lands and environmental resources in general, throughout specific programming and management tools at different scale levels is nowadays widely shared. Forests and woodlands are a key asset of the environment and the traditional and current landscapes. With regards to the state of art of forest planning and management tools in Italy, in this short paper, after a synthetic analysis of the tools currently adopted at different levels, some critical aspects of the relationships of forest planning instruments with other planning tools involved in environmental management (landscape plan, energy plans, basin plans) are investigated, enlightening contrasts and communication conflicts. Solving such problems could enhance the effectiveness of planning.

10.1016/j.aaspro.2016.02.028http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aaspro.2016.02.028