NatureGIS National Context Assessment: the Italian case

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• Nature-GIS National Context Assessment the
  Italian case
• Susanna Pia (Regione Piemonte)
• Emanuele Roccatagliata, Santina Ierardi (GISIG)

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Network development at a National/Regional level

• (by the Nature-GIS partner National responsibles)
• Nature-GIS Stakeholders identification
• Survey (questionnaire distribution collection)
• National context assessment for Protected Areas
• Dissemination and networking activities at a
  National level

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National Context Assessment

• I. Description of national system of Protected
  Areas
• Description of the national organisation of
  protected areas (national parks, regional parks,
  reserves, special protected zones, etc.)
• Description of possible future development or
  extension of the protected areas system
• Some basic figures.

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National Context Assessment

• II. Networks and Stakeholders
• Description of the link of national or
  international Network with the national protected
  areas
• Description of the most relevant public
  stakeholders related to the national protected
  areas
• Description of the most relevant environmental
  associations related to protected areas and of
  their role in management.

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National Context Assessment

• III. Commercial aspects
• Description of commercial operators in the field
  of IT and Nature management and preservation
• Principal types of income for the different
  protected areas and budget resources.

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National Context Assessment
IV. National Legislation V. Success
stories VI. Useful web links and other
information
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National Context Assessment (IT)

• Description of the national system of Protected
  Areas
• Legislation the Italian system for Protected
  Areas (framework law 6 December 1991 n.394)
• National Parks
• Regional and Interregional Natural Park
• Natural Reserves
• Humid zones of international interest
• Other natural protected areas
• Zones of special protection (Zps)
• Zones of special conservation (Zsc)
• Marine and terrestrial finding areas

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National Context Assessment (IT)

• Description of national system of Protected Areas
• Actually, to draw a general panorama, it is
  necessary to consider separately the different
  kind of protected areas
• National Terrestrial Parks and Reserves
• Regional Terrestrial Parks and Reserves
• Oasis and Reserves managed by non-profit
  national environmental associations
• The Natura 2000 Network
• Terrestrial priority finding areas
• Marine National Protected Areas and Marine
  finding areas

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National Context Assessment (IT)

• Networks and Stakeholders
• National Network of protected areas Federparchi

• International Networks of protected areas
• Nature 2000
• Alpine Network of the protected areas
• Europarc
• Mediterranean
• MAB - WCPA
• CIPRA (International commission for the
  Protection of the Alps)
• The Sanctuary for marine mammalian

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National Context Assessment (IT)

• II. Networks and Stakeholders
• Most relevant public stakeholders related to the
  national protected areas. We need to consider the
  role of
• State (functions of general address and
  co-ordination and the international obligations
  of nature protection, delimitation and regulation
  of each new national park, etc.)
• Regions (each Region has a different regional law
  and the institution of each regional park
  requires a regional institution law)
• Provinces

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National Context Assessment (IT)

• Networks and Stakeholders
• The most relevant environmental associations
  related to protected areas
• Legambiente
• LIPU (Italian League for Protection of Birds)
• WWF Italia
• PRONATURA Italia
• CTS (Student and Youth Tourist Centre)

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National Context Assessment (IT)

• Commercial aspects
• Non-academic research and commercial operators in
  the field of IT and Nature management and
  preservation
• ENEA at National level
• FINSIEL
• societies for data processing at local level
  (e.g. CSI Piemonte)
• Principal types of income for the different
  protected areas and their budget resources
• Protected areas in Italy are generally directed
  by public agencies, which are for more than
  95 financed by public grants, and for a smaller
  part financed by the park activity

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• National Legislation
• A list of the main legislative references has
  been produced

• Success stories
• Description of one or two successful cases
• Pilot project Remote sensing for the
  multi-thematic analysis of the protected
  territory of the Po Fluvial Park
• PAN Parks and Naturals Areas

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National Context Assessment (IT)

• Useful web links
• The more exhaustive Italian web site is
• http//www.parks.it
• with information about
• Legislation
• Events
• Reviews and periodicals
• Publications
• etc.

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