DOLOMITES - Annexes 2-8 - Provincia di Udine

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A5.1 PROTECTIVE DESIGNATION IN ORDER
TO PROVINCE
A_1 Provincia di Belluno
In the nominated property, protection is guaranteed by both general or local control systems. The
general control system, operative for all sites, is carried out through: the staff of the National Forestry
Corps, which is responsible for surveillance, superintendence, and the prevention of environmental
crimes (air and water quality, protection of flora and fauna, the safeguard of palaeontological and
mineralogical assets, etc.). The province provides gamekeepers, whose main duty is to protect the
heritage as regards fauna. Each municipality has its own police force, which is responsible for protecting
the forestry and pasture heritage of its own district. Moreover, control and surveillance is also
in the hands of the police force of authoritative bodies which unique to this area, namely the ‘Regole’
and the ‘Magnifiche Communità’ (Family Communions that are joint owners of non-transferable
property). Actions (plans and projects) in the nominated areas are also subject to authorization processes
that foresee various technical assessments and which also depend on the execution of studies on
environmental feasibility, environmental impact assessment, environmental incidence assessment,
strategic environmental evaluation, etc., based on the plan type. In particular, as regards the Nature
2000 Network areas, most of the impact assessments are first examined by the competent centralized
departments of the Veneto Region. With reference to the non-generalized control systems, defined
therefore as local, the area of Dolomiti Bellunesi is managed by the Parco Dolomiti Bellunesi Board.
Surveillance is carried out by specifically designated personnel belonging to the National Forestry
Corps who are members of the so-called Coordinamento Territoriale Ambientale - CTA (Territorial
Environmental Coordination), composed of about forty commissioners, deputy superintendents
and officers who are at the same time qualified police officers or members of the Investigative Police
Force. The areas ‘Dolomiti Ampezzane, di Fanes, Senes e Braies’ (for the part in the Provincia di
Belluno), ‘Pelmo – Nuvolau - 5 Torri’ (for the part in the municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo) and
‘Cristallo’ can count on the surveillance services of six park rangers of the ‘Regole d’Ampezzo’, who
ensure respect for the environmental planning procedures and for the rules governing respect for the
environment in general.
Selection of the most important legislation for the protection of landscape, nature and
environment
– Regional law No. 11, April 23rd, 2004 (Official Regional Bulletin, BUR No. 45/2004) “Regulations
for the administration of the territory”.
– Regional law 40, August 16th, 1984 (BUR No. 38/1984) “New regulations for the establishment
of regional parks and nature reserves”.
– Regional law No. 50, December 9th, 1993 (BUR No. 104/1993) “Regulations for the protection
of wild fauna and hunting quotas”.
– Regional law No. 17, June 27th, 1996 (BUR No. 61/1996) “Regional fauna and hunting plan
(1996-2001)”.
– “Provincial Regulations for hunting in the Alpine reserves of the Provincia di Belluno”. Provincial
Council Decree No. 52/461, May 6th, 1994 and subsequent amendments.
– Regional law No. 19, April 28th, 1998 (BUR No. 38/1998) “Regulations for the protection of
hydrobiological resources and fish wildlife and regulations for fishing in inland and coastal waters
of the Veneto region”.