Espais naturals al País Valencià: Una nova categoria de gestió. Breu exposició sobre el Decret 109/1998 de 29 de juliol, del Govern valencià Authors Ferran de Rojas i Martinez-Parets Abstract The natural environment of the Valencia Land is characterized by its anthropization, i.e. the traditional cohabitation of activity human and the typically Mediterranean natural conditions. Until now, the traditional policy of protecting nature reserves was being implemented mainly as a regional responsibility. Town councils played only a marginal or at best a subsidiary part in this process. The 109/1998 Decree of the Valencia Government allowed town councils to play a leading role in this matter, but something that could be positive for protection initiatives, should not mean a disorderly formulation of the measures for the management, use and regulation of the areas. The Valencia environment administration therefore has a permanent role in supervising and maintaining order, without hindering at all the essential local functions granted in this matter. Some procedural flaws that could arise during the application of the aforementioned Decree are analysed, and a proposal is made that would give the regional government a smaller margin of discretion. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2004-03-02 Issue Vol. 69 : 2001 Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural.Authors answer to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.