First report on the the Italian food scenario
Overbuilding, urbanisation, unauthorised building, deforestation and lack of watercourse maintenance are making Italy’s soils poorer and thus more vulnerable to atmospheric agents. The plague of forest fires also weakens the static capacity of soils. The State Forestry Corps is committed to safeguarding the territory through careful and continuous prevention and counteraction. Moreover, one of the main objectives of the Corps’ activities is the fight against food frauds and counterfeits. Food safety is a highly topical issue for Italy and involves many aspects linked to the value of food quality, human health, and the defence of the environment and territory against neglect and decline. Food, environmental and energy issues are closely interconnected. Maintaining typical agricultural production in the area as part of the Made in Italy food chain of excellence, which is also capable of generating high economic returns and high incomes for farmers, is a priority action to enhance and protect the environment and improve services in the area.
Index
Contents
Towards a new security perspective
by Gian Maria Fara, President of Eurispes
The environmental issue in Italy
The state of the territory
Environmental illegality
Fighting environmental illegality
The Italian National Forestry Corps
History and institutional mission
The Italian Forestry Administration from 1822 to 1861
The Italian Forestry Administration from 1861 to 1877
The Italian Forestry Administration from 1878 to 1915
The Italian Forestry Administration from 1915 to 1945
The forties, the seedbed
The Italian Forestry Administration from 1948 to the present day
The Institutional Mission
Organisation
Numbers
Personnel
Operational Activity
Agri-Food safety
Main operations carried out
The Italian National Forestry Corps in the press
The winning strategy
Prevention
Training
Communication
Environmental education
Awareness campaigns
Fighting crime
The network and control bodies
Collaboration
Listening to the territory
Specialisation
IN.I.P.A.F. and N.I.C.A.F.
The N.I.A.B.
The N.A.F.
The N.I.R.D.A.
The N.O.A.
The Investigative Sections of the CITES Service
Specialized Services
Conclusions
Statistical appendix
Bibliography