2025/2026

Reasoned knowledge of the applicable legislation - on regional, national and supranational bases - in forestry-environmental matters is a key topic for an agronomist and forestry doctor who wants to adequately interface with the structural and functional complexity of territorial systems and with the multifunctionality required in planning processes, management and conservation of natural resources. The course, therefore, following an introduction on the fundamental principles, history and sources of forestry-environmental law, aims at addressing the main issues with which operators in the sector must deal in the national and regional territories. The course is therefore aimed at providing 1) knowledge of the relevant regulatory framework; 2) knowledge of the application measures relating to the aforementioned regulatory framework; 3) useful tools for students to develop independent analyzes and judgments when faced with the fundamental regulatory issues in this matter. To do this, the course will be structured on a dialogic basis, with lessons that involve constant interaction between students and professor and will aim to stimulate the students' learning abilities as much as possible.

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

For the Forestry and environmental legislation course:
- N. Ferrucci (a cura di), Commentario al testo unico in materia di foreste e filiere forestali, Wolters Kluwer, Milano, 2019;
- Romano R., Plutino M. Licciardo F., (2018); Libro Bianco sui Boschi d’Italia, il futuro del settore forestale; Rapporto Rete Rurale Nazionale 2014-2020, Scheda 22.1; Roma, Mipaaft;
- Corona P., Becagli C., Cantiani P., Chianucci F., Di Salvatore L., Di Salvatore U., Romano R., Vacchiano, G., Ferretti F., 2020. Elementi di orientamento per la pianificazione forestale alla luce del testo unico in materia di foreste e filiere forestali. Rete Rurale Nazionale 2014-2020, Scheda n. 22.1 e 22.2 - Foreste, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Roma ISBN 978-88-3385-057-3;
- Sitzia T (2020), Testo unico in materia di foreste e filiere forestali: il paesaggio, i beni (e i boschi), e gli interventi da concordare. Forest@ 17: 63-70. – doi: 10.3832/efor3567-017 [online 2020-07-14];
- A. Crosetti, Le valenze culturali dei beni forestali nei più recenti riconoscimenti normativi (doi: 10.7390/97456), Aedon (ISSN 1127-1345), Fascicolo 1, gennaio-aprile 2020;
- A. Gravina, La multifunzionalità ambientale, produttiva e sociale delle foreste: il Testo unico in materia di foreste e filiere forestali tra innovazione e tradizione, in «Il diritto dell’economia» issn 1123-3036, anno 65, n. 100 (3 2019), pp. 545-576;
- A. Crosetti, Beni forestali, ambiente, territorio e paesaggio nel nuovo T.U.F., in Rivista Giuridica dell'Edilizia, fasc.2, 1 aprile 2019, Giuffrè, pag. 113 e ss.;
- A. Fioritto, Le foreste e i boschi, in S. Cassese (a cura di), Trattato di diritto amministrativo, Diritto amministrativo speciale, Tomo IV, II ed., Giuffrè, 2003, 3229-3252;
- A. Fioritto, Le foreste e i boschi, in S. Cassese (diretto da), Dizionario di diritto pubblico, Vol. III, Giuffrè, 2006, 2585-2589;
- A. Mura, Ordinamento forestale e problemi montani, Giuffrè, 1973.

Below is the program for the Forestry and Environmental Law course:
1° Class: Introduction to forest law and environmental law. The sources of law.
2° Class: The TUFF, principles, legal definition of forest, programming and planning tools.
3° Class: The TUFF, principles, legal definition of forest, programming and planning tools.
4° Class: The TUFF, forest management activities and the forestry agricultural enterprise. The TUFF and the recovery of abandoned land.
5° Class: Trade in wood and derivatives. Agricultural activity and protection of biodiversity.
6° Class: Landscape. Hydrogeological constraint. Water and soil protection.
7° Class: Protection of forests from fires (XXVIII). State Forestry Corps and Carabinieri Forestry, Environmental and Agri-Food Unit Command (XXIX). Protected natural areas (X). Wetlands (XI). Natura 2000 network (XII).
8° Class: Environment and its protection. The environmental code. Legal protections against damage to the environment. Principle of preventive action and environmental assessment tools.
9° Class: Legal protection against damage to the environment (XXVI). Principle of preventive action and environmental assessment tools (XXVII). Water and soil protection (XVI).
10° Class: Agronomic use of wastewater (XVII). Mountain areas (XXV). Monumental trees (XX). Urban Green (XXI). Urban gardens (XXII).
11° Class: Final summary lesson of the course, followed by the seminar organized by the professor

For the Forestry and Environmental Law course:
- N. Ferrucci (edited by), Diritto forestale e ambientale, G. Giappichelli Editore, Turin, 2020;
- G.M. Flick, M. Flick, Elogio della foresta, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020 [recommended reading];
- F. Roggero, Alle origini del diritto forestale italiano, G. Giappichelli Editore, Turin, 2022 [recommended reading];
- D. Bevilacqua, E. Chiti, Green deal. Come costruire una nuova Europa, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2024 [recommended reading].

The course takes place face to face and on line.

Frequency recommended and optional

As regards Forestry and environmental legislation, the exam is divided into two tests, an intermediate written one, which will be held at half course, and a final oral one, which will be held during the ordinary exam sessions.
For those who do not take the intermediate written test, the exam will be taken through a single oral test.

    Gabriele SABATO