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RENATURATION IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF THE PO RIVER: RESULTS AFTER 10 YEARS INTERVENTIONS ON THE INITIATIVE OF PRIVATE FARMS Recent regulatory developments and land policy identify river floodplains as areas of special natural value and of public interest for the hydraulic steering, imposing limitations on traditional agricultural and forestry practices. The farms that grow poplar [...]

The Management of the Po River area on private initiative: a case study between the Provinces of Alexandria and Pavia Paolo Cielo*, Alberto Morera*, Maria Consolata Visconti** *) Doctor of Forestry, ForTeA Associated Study, Turin, Italy **) Farming entrepreneur, E. Visconti & C. S.a.s. Agricultural Company Visconti Preface Recent regulatory and political developments in the […]

From agriculture environmental services for the management of river area The regulatory tools to favour the development of environmental management activities are by now available but remuneration and administrative procedures still present some difficulties: a concrete case in the Po Valley Paolo Cielo, Silvia Bertolotto In fluvial areas, the watercourse alters the morphology of the [...]