From the economic point of view, timber production and CO2
accumulation present a direct trading value that is variable, but
easily determined. On the contrary, pollution control and landscape
amelioration are positive externalities that require the application
of an adequate economic analysis to support the decision-maker
in designing proper public interventions. This is therefore a key
issue in the planning and implementation of sound policies at the
territorial scale.
This paper presents an analysis of the different functions of
buffer strips and offers the more important data from research
programmes conducted over the last decade in Veneto Region
(North-East Italy).