
From European forestry strategies to implementing local policies: a study on public forest workers in the Tuscany region of Italy
Even though forests represent almost half of the EU territory, the implementation of forestry strategies is delegated to local government institutions. This study proposes an overview of the main European forestry strategies, national (Italian) guidelines and local implementation instruments
(in Tuscany). This approach made it possible to identify the actual executors of forestry policies, i.e., the public forest workers. The paper provides a framework of the recent dynamics of regional forestry instruments, their effects on available financial resources and their technicaloperational
consequences. Furthermore, Tuscan public forest worker profiles were defined through an online questionnaire. The results show that it is essential to activate constant monitoring of local actions in order to verify the effectiveness of superordinate forestry policies.
Keywords: EU FOREST STRATEGIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST POLICY; FOREST WORKERS; PUBLIC FORESTS
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: September 1, 2021
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