Forests and forest-wood system in Italy: towards a new strategy to address local and global challenges

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Marco Marchetti¹  Renzo Motta²  Davide Pettenella³  Lorenzo Sallustio⁴  Giorgio Vacchiano⁵ 

[1] Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio, Università degli Studi del Molise;Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, DISAFA, Università degli Studi di Torino;Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, TESAF, Università degli Studi di Padova, v. Università 16;CREA Centro di ricerca Foreste e Legno;Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, DISAA, Università degli Studi di Milano

关键词: Forest Cover;    Forest Ecosystem Services;    Natural Capital;    Wood Harvesting;   

DOI  :  10.3832/efor2796-015

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Societa Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (S I S E F)

【 摘 要 】

Forest cover in Italy has increased three-fold in slightly more than a century. In 2018 the area covered by forest will be, for the first time since long, larger than that covered by active cultivation. In the same time, the stewardship of forest ecosystem services such as biodiversity provision, hydrogeological protection, and landscape conservation has increased. More than 27% of Italian forests are included in protected areas; 86% of forests is subject to limitation of use connected to soil protection and water cycle regulation, and 100% is under the landscape conservation law. Italy is also home of one of the largest economies of wood transformation, but 80% of the raw material is imported, which implies several environmental, socio-economic, and ethical issues, both domestically and abroad. The conditions are ripe to plan for a responsible management of the natural capital in the country’s forests. A forest management that is active, shared, and conscious of domestic and global implications will be the best chance to maintain and improve the ecosystem services provided by forests in Italy.

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