No monastic orders include in their rules and constitution provisions for forestry management, except for the Benedictines and Camaldolese. For centuries, these two orders have been true caretakers of the landscape and the ecological systems in their respective areas, managing sustainable socioeconomic growth and welfare for the local rural po- pulations. This example of environmental responsibility runs counter to modern land-use planning, yet it could be formalized as body of forest use regulations and eventually become part of proposal to be submitted to UNESCO.