State Forest Service (South Tyrol)

	Provincial Forest Service ; Servizio forestale
State level	Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol
Consist	since 1973
Arose from	Forest service of the region
Headquarters	Bolzano
Coordinates	46 ° 30 '2 " N , 11 ° 21' 46" E Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '2 " N , 11 ° 21' 46" E
Department Director	Mario Broll
Employee	376 (as of May 2018)
Website	provinz.bz.it

The National Forest Service , Italian Servizio forestale provinciale , Ladin Sorvisc forestal dla Provinzia (also: Unit 32, forestry ., Ital Ripartizione provinciale 32, Forests , Ladin. Repartiziun provinziala 32, BOSC ) includes forestry and forest police - authorities of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol . In addition, there is the Landesdomäne agency for forestry tasks .

Organizational matters

Areas of the forest inspectorates and forest stations

The legislative competence of the Province of Bolzano for forestry arises from the Second Statute of Autonomy (Art. 8 Para. 1, in particular P. 21, "Forestry and forest staff", Italian "foreste e Corpo forestale"). According to Section 56 of the Forest Act, the State Forest Service is composed of

the directorate of the regional forestry department
4 central offices with specific tasks:
- Forest Management Office (with 3 forest gardens)
- Office for Mountain Economy
- Forest Planning Office
- Office for Hunting and Fisheries (with 3 departments for hunting and fishing control)
8 forest inspectorates with responsibility for several municipal areas
the State Office for Forest and Domain Management
38 forest stations as operational units of the forest inspectorates and the state enterprise for forest and domain administration.

In 2018, the State Forest Service had 376 employees, of which 293 (78%) were in the enforcement service (State Forest Corps) and 83 (22%) in the administrative service.

The vehicles of the State Forest Service carry identification boards according to the following pattern:

_I.

CF FD A99

State Forest Corps

The enforcement staff of the State Forest Service with police powers is formed by the State Forest Corps (Italian Corpo forestale provinciale , Ladin. Corp forestal provincial ). It is distributed across the four job profiles

Forest guard (5th functional level; 51%)
Forester (6th functional level; 23%)
Forest inspector (VII. Functional level; 12%)
Forestry councilor (IX. Functional level; 14%).

The proportion of women is 6%.

tasks

Spatially, the area of responsibility of the state forest corps extends over more than 372,000 hectares of land with trees and shrubs.

The Landesforstkorps is objectively entrusted with the supervision and control of the legal provisions in the following areas:

Public Use Rights
Landscape protection
Nature protection (flora, fauna, habitat, minerals)
Hunting and fishing
Motor vehicle traffic
Traffic with motor-powered aircraft
Waste management and soil protection
Burning biomaterial
Water protection
Protection of water courses
To pick mushrooms
Cable car systems
Stelvio National Park

history

The state forest corps was established by the state law of September 7, 1973, No. 33. A predecessor was the forest protection service under the Austrian Forest Act of 1852.

Ranks and badges of rank

Forest guard, 5th functional level (agente ed assistente forestale)

Forest warden	Forest guard	Forest ranger	Forest Supervisor
Agent forestale	Agent forestale scelto	Assistant forestale	Assistant forestale capo

Forester, VI. Functional level (sovrintendente forestale)

Forester's representative	ranger	Chief Forester
Vice sovrintendente forestale	Sovrintendente forestale	Sovrintendente forestale capo

Forest inspector, VII. Functional level (ispettore / ispettrice forestale)

Deputy Forest Inspector	Forest inspector	Chief Forest Inspector	Chief Forest Inspector
Vice ispettore forestale	Ispettore forestale	Ispettore forestale capo	Ispettore forestale superior

Forestry Councilor, IX. Functional level (ufficiale forestale)
Badge of rank not given in source
Forestry deputy	Forestry Council	Oberforstrat	Forest Director
Vice Commissario Forestale	Commissario forestale	Commissario capo forestale	Questore forestale

Trivia

A popular representation includes the television series The Mountain Police - Very Close to Heaven , in whose first to third season (2011-15) Terence Hill embodies the forest inspector Pietro Thiene.

Other forest services in Italy

The other autonomous regions of Italy also have their own forest services or corps:

Province of Trento : Servizio Foreste e Fauna (SFF) (approx. 260 employees, 3,450 km²)
Region of Aosta Valley : Corpo Forestale della Valle d'Aosta / Corps forestier de la Vallée d'Aoste (CFVdA) (approx. 160 employees, 980 km²)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region : Corpo Forestale Regionale (CFR) (approx. 260 employees, 3,000 km²)
Region of Sardinia : Corpo forestale e di vigilanza ambientale (Cfva) (approx. 1,400 employees, 12,400 km²)
Region of Sicily : Corpo Forestale della Regione Siciliana (CFRS) (approx. 600 employees, 10,320 km²)

In the remaining 15 Italian regions , the Carabinieri have been responsible since the state forest corps was dissolved in 2016 : Comando unità forestali, ambientali e agroalimentari (CUFA) .

Web links

South Tyrolean Provincial Administration: Forest Service and Forester (Homepage)
- Agricultural and Forest Report (from 2002)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b South Tyrolean administration, contacts, 32nd forestry

↑ ^a ^b landtag-bz.org: Answer to Landtag request no. 3441/18: Employees in the State Forest Service

↑ State Law of April 23, 1992, No. 10 (A.Bl. Of May 5, 1992, No. 19), Art. 9 and Appendix A

↑ Decree of the Governor of December 27, 2016, No. 36 (special number 1 to the Official Gazette of December 28, 2016, No. 52)

↑ Decree of the President of the Republic of August 31, 1972, No. 670 ( G.Bl. of November 20, 1972, No. 301 ; Ord. Supplement to the A.Bl. Of November 21, 1978, No. 59 ) with Implementing provisions for hunting and fishing, agriculture and forestry in the DPR of March 22, 1974, No. 279

↑ Provincial Law of October 21, 1996, No. 21 (Ord. Supplement No. 3 to the A.Bl. Of November 5, 1996, No. 50); State bill No. 95/96 with report

↑ Decree of the Governor of February 25, 2000, No. 7 (Supplement No. 2 to the Official Journal of April 11, 2000, No. 16), Art. 11 and Appendix H

↑ Forest Act, Art. 57

↑ Division contract of March 8, 2006 (Supplement No. 4 to the A.Bl. Of March 14, 2006, No. 11), Appendix 2

↑ Figures as of October 1, 2018, three-year plan for personnel requirements 2019–2021

↑ Country staff, as of December 31, 2019

↑ Agricultural and Forestry Report 2018 , p. 106 f .; Forest Act, Art. 59

↑ State Law of June 12, 1980, No. 16 (A.Bl. Of July 1, 1980, No. 35)

↑ State Law of July 25, 1970, No. 16 (Ord. Supplement to the A.Bl. Of August 11, 1970, No. 33)

↑ State Law of May 12, 2010, No. 6 (A.Bl. Of May 25, 2010, No. 21), Art. 29

↑ State Law of July 17, 1987, No. 14 (A.Bl. Of July 28, 1987, No. 34)

↑ State Law of June 9, 1978, No. 28 (A.Bl. Of July 11, 1978, No. 34)

↑ State Law of May 8, 1990, No. 10 (A.Bl. Of May 22, 1990, No. 25), Art. 7

↑ State Law of October 27, 1997, No. 15 (A.Bl. Of November 11, 1997, No. 53), Art. 3

↑ State Law of May 26, 2006, No. 4 (Supplement No. 2 to A.Bl. Of June 13, 2006, No. 24), Art. 41

↑ State Law of March 16, 2000, No. 8 (Supplement No. 1 to the A.Bl. Of March 28, 2000, No. 13), Art. 18

↑ State Law of June 18, 2002, No. 8 (Supplement No. 2 to the A.Bl. Of July 2, 2002, No. 28), Art. 56

↑ State Law of July 12, 1975, No. 35 (A.Bl. Of August 12, 1975, No. 39)

↑ State Law of June 19, 1991, No. 18 (A.Bl. Of July 2, 1991, No. 28), Art. 8

↑ State Law of January 30, 2006, No. 1 (Supplement No. 3 to the A.Bl. Of February 7, 2006, No. 6), Art. 61

↑ State Law of March 16, 2018, No. 4 (Supplement No. 6 to the A.Bl. Of March 22, 2018, No. 12), Art. 14

↑ A.Bl. of October 2, 1973, No. 42

↑ RGBl. No. 250/1852 , § 52

^ South Tyrolean administration: Landesforstkorps ; See also Decree of the President of the Bolzano Provincial Committee of December 16, 1975, No. 56 ( A.Bl. of January 20, 1976, No. 3 ) and Decree of the Governor of April 14, 1997, No. 11 (A.Bl. dated May 6, 1997, No. 21)