Regional Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters of ARPA for Piedmont in Turin
Regional Environmental Protection Agency
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale
ARPA
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 21, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-21)
Parent agencyIstituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA)

The Regional Environmental Protection Agency (Italian: Agenzia regionale per la protezione ambientale), commonly shortened to ARPA, is the Italian environmental agency, one for each region of Italy (excluding Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, which has been split for the two Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano).

Purposes

The agencies are under regional or provincial administration and their main role is the natural environmental protection of Italy, with the task of keep under control the natural environment and verify environmental regulations.

External links

Official websites of the agencies (all in Italian):

  • Piedmont
  • Tuscany
  • Emilia-Romagna
  • Liguria
  • Aosta Valley
  • Province of Trento
  • Province of Bolzano
  • Veneto
  • Basilicata
  • Marche
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • Umbria
  • Campania
  • Abruzzo
  • Lazio
  • Apulia
  • Calabria
  • Lombardy
  • Molise
  • Sicily
  • Sardinia


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