Democratic Party MPs Eleonora Evi, Antonella Forattini, and Patrizia Prestipino have submitted a parliamentary question urging the Government to provide an urgent update on the implementation of Law No. 157 of 1992, the framework law for the protection of wildlife and the regulation of hunting in Italy.
The law, created to strike a balance between environmental, agricultural, and hunting interests, has not received an official government report since 2009. This delay has been described as "unacceptable" by parliamentarians, who emphasize that in recent years, critical issues related to wildlife management, particularly ungulates, have increased in the face of profound environmental changes.
The Democratic Party representatives asked whether the Executive intends to submit to Parliament the missing reports for 2022, 2023, and 2024, as required by law, and whether it would be appropriate to review the composition of the Wildlife Hunting Committee—currently underrepresented—by reactivating a discussion forum with all stakeholders, in compliance with Article 9 of the Constitution.
"The failure to implement the monitoring and participation tools required by law," say Evi, Forattini, and Prestipino, "is a symptom of unilateral and opaque management. A serious and shared approach is needed to update the legislation without altering its principles, starting from a clear and up-to-date overview of the current situation."
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