MANAGEMENT & PROTECTION SYSTEMS

PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS:

The application guideline of the ISO 14001 standard to develop the Environmental Management System in a protected area: summary of the application model (*)

(*) Source: ENEA

But there is a more effective alternative, which is the one described in the Guideline (hypothesis No. 2 in the figure). The Environmental Management System is developed for the Park Organization taking into account the entire area of its competence and the impacts present therein caused both by its own activities and by all other human activities.
The system also introduces the elements for the involvement of all interested parties present in the area to work together to improve the quality of the environment.

The identification of "direct and indirect environmental aspects" will result from a careful analysis of the environment that will also highlight, on the one hand

This allows to define the objectives to be achieved and the intermediate goals, which constitute the so-called "environmental program".

The involvement of the "interested parties" passes through the observation that all those who interact with environmental resources in any way can contribute to the degradation of the environment or improve it, can, that is, remove or "provide" environmental quality.

The ISO 14001 standard requires the Park to communicate to its suppliers the requisites so that the production methods of the goods supplied or of the supply of the service take into account the need to improve environmental quality.
In the same way, the Park Authority can establish the requirements for a qualification of its "environmental quality suppliers".
In fact, the Park, in accordance with the Framework Law on Protected Areas (394/91), can grant the use of its own brand, thus recognizing the goodwill and the effort of those who strive for improvement.
The park brand itself would refer, in this way, to a clear and internationally recognized management system, acquiring greater credibility and transparency.

Since the improvement actions are completely voluntary, it is desirable that the qualification criteria be decided together by the Park and by the interested Parties (through the Interested Parties Forum), starting from the examination of the existing critical areas and establishing what each production category is can do to improve the environmental quality of the protected area.