A dieci anni dal passaggio dell’Alta Valmarecchia dalle Marche all’Emilia-Romagna. Aree protette e politiche ambientali tra problemi e prospettive

In the broader context of the recent administrative transition (2009) of seven Municipalities of the Upper Valmarecchia (Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant’Agata Feltria and Talamello) from the Marches to Emilia-Romagna Region, the paper outlines problems and perspectives of this procedure with regard to protected areas management and environmental policy. In particular, this transition was well managed in the cases of Sasso Simone e Simoncello Park, originally a Regional Park of the Marches and now instituted as an Interregional Park between the two regions, and the sites of Nature 2000 Network; vice versa, the process is still in progress, with criticities and delay, in relation with the management of the Sulfur Park of the Marches, a protected area focused on historical sulfur mines and Industrial Archaeology, in large part now based in Emilia-Romagna and whose name is currently anachronistic. The Italian Finance Act 2020, just approved, should include actions to change borders and improve efficiency of the Sulfur Park, now renamed Park of the Sulfur Mines of the Marches and Emilia-Romagna Region. Finally, the paper deals also with further management issues related to the future incorporation of the Municipality of Sassofeltrio in Emilia-Romagna Region.