The new Italian Forest Map (CFI2020) is now available for consultation on the National Forest and Forest Supply Chain Information System (SINFor) website. It was created by CREA on behalf of the Forest Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry (Masaf).

This is the first innovative tool since the 1936 Forest Militia Map, capable of providing in-depth knowledge of the territory and the state of the national forest heritage, developed in an integrated way with data from the National Forest Inventories.

The CFI2020 represents a crucial support tool for political decision-making and the adoption of appropriate forestry programming actions, ensuring effective management and planning of the national forest heritage.

The map allows for the visualization, at a 1:10,000 scale, of forested areas categorized according to forest definitions established for both regulatory purposes (from the national regulations of the TUFF, the Consolidated Law on Forests and Forest Supply Chains, to regional definitions where available) and statistical purposes (FAO definition in alignment with the National Forest Inventory guidelines). It is a detailed and functional vector representation, derived from the update and mosaicking of thematic, regional, and local maps, based on the most recent AGEA orthophotos available for the entire national territory, with a geometric resolution of 20 cm.

All georeferenced information available on forestry matters and regarding various aspects of the Italian territory is made available to private individuals, administrations, public bodies, and/or relevant authorities.

It will be possible to download the vector layer produced for each individual region upon request, by contacting sinfor@crea.gov.it.
https://sinfor.sian.it/#/