Regional Act No. 5 on the prevention of forest fires and reforestation efforts.
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Abstract
Those forests of the Lazio Region that have been damaged by fire shall be subject to restoration interventions and may not be destined to uses other than sylviculture (art. 1). Fire-preventing and fire-fighting activities are entrusted to the Regional Inspectorate of Forests (art. 2). Article 5 makes provision in matter of fire-fighting and fire-preventing equipment. Forests damaged or destroyed by fire may not be transformed and may not be used for grazing, hunting nor for the transit of animals. The penalties determined by article 6 shall be applied in case of violation. The Region shall draw up and publish a cartography regarding its own territory and providing with information relevant to, among others, location of sources and water courses, location of watch-posts. Owners of private forests damaged or destroyed by fire shall restore such forests by participating in the subsidies granted to this end by the Region (art. 8).
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Repealed
Yes
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English
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No