doi: 10.4129/ifm.2010.2.10

Citazione - Citation
Ciancio O., 2010 -The Third National Congress of Silviculture. New horizons and outllooks for the future. L'Italia Forestale e Montana, 65 (2): 189-199.

Autori - Authors

Orazio Ciancio - Presidente Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali; ciancio@aisf.it

Title: The Third National Congress of Silviculture. New horizons and outllooks for the future.

Key words: silviculture; forest culture; forest rights; forest policy.

SUMMARY

One year after the Third National Congress of Silviculture significant moments of the events are presented, main results are analyzed together with horizons and perspectives for the future of Italian forestry. Congress outputs may synthesized in the following issues: i) participated and informed decisions; ii) innovative research; iii) new cultural approach. In relation to future perspectives, the Congress suggested innovative ideas and theories, as referred to in the final motion. A new forest strategy for the full implementation of sustainable forest management has been traced, on the basis of synergism between scientific and humanistic knowledge and of consciousness that future of silviculture implies the recognition of the growing importance of forests for the quality of life.