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State Forestry Corps Corpo Forestale dello Stato | |
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Abbreviation | CFS |
Motto | Pro natura opus et vigilantia |
Agency overview | |
Formed | October 15, 1822 |
Dissolved | December 31, 2016 |
Superseding agency | Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests |
Employees | 8,500[citation needed] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Italy |
The State Forestry Corps (Italian: Corpo forestale dello Stato or CFS) was a national police agency in Italy. It was established on 15 October 1822 by Charles Felix of Sardinia as Amministrazione forestale per la custodia e la vigilanza dei boschi. The five Italian autonomous regions have their own corps of forestry police under regional or provincial control (Corpo forestale regionale/provinciale), which have not been disbanded.[1] CFS was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and all personnel became militarized and absorbed by the Carabinieri Command of the Forest, Environmental and Agri-food units.