Camaldoli forest code: the website is online

The first website dedicated to the reconstruction of the Camaldoli forest code (Codice forestale camaldolese), a historical heritage of knowledge about sustainable forest and mountain area management, is online. The materials that make up the code are the result of centuries-long collecting work by the Benedictine monks of the Camaldolese and Avellanita Congregation, who settled down in the Apennines between Tuscany, Umbria and Marche in the 11th century.
The Website www.inea.it/prog/camaldoli, in the section “Laboratorio di discussione e studio”, launches the first experiment with a social network, dedicated to experts in history, forest science, social economy and law. All historical documents produced by the Camaldoli monks about the management of forest and agricultural resources in the Casentino mountains and at the foot of the Catria mountain have been digitized and will be easily accessible for reference.