Provincial Act No. 17 on interventions to promote the development of mountains areas and laying down urgent provisions on agriculture

The Provincial Act aims at boosting the development of mountain areas, taking into particular account all issues related to environmental protection. In particular, article 7 outlines interventions of an environmental character to be undertaken and implemented by the Communes. Article 8 prohibits artificial reforestation. For the purposes of supporting the implementation of the initiatives hereby envisaged, article 3 provides for the setting up of the Provincial Fund for Mountains, whose resources shall be allocated as per article 4. Further provisions regard the establishment of a mountain information system (art. 14), the appointment of the Conference on Mountains (art. 15) as well as the Provincial Observatory for the Development of Mountains (art. 16).