Towards a shared vision for the future of the Venice lagoon

On October 14, 2024, the third meeting with stakeholders of the Venice Lagoon took place, organized by the Interregional Office for Public Works for Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige, and Friuli Venezia Giulia, CORILA, and CMCC as part of the H2020 REST-COAST project, in collaboration with the WaterLANDS project. REST-COAST focuses on restoring coastal ecosystems through Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), while WaterLANDS, with its emphasis on maintaining European wetlands, provides an ideal synergistic contribution to addressing the environmental challenges of the lagoon. The meeting aimed to define shared criteria for guiding the future priorities of the Venice Lagoon, integrating ecological, socio-economic, and landscape aspects.

During the workshop, environmental experts, institutional representatives, and local stakeholders collaborated to define a common vision for the lagoon, based on a morphological-dynamic balance capable of ensuring biodiversity, ecosystem services, socio-ecological resilience, and economic sustainability. The analysis of ongoing experiences, including interventions on saltmarshes in the central lagoon and environmental monitoring, provides essential knowledge for planning future actions. These include maintaining the lagoon’s forms and functions, counteracting marine intrusion, and optimizing sediment reuse.

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Towards a shared vision for the future of the Venice lagoon