SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To present the activities for the safeguarding of Venice and its lagoon as a case study of ecological system management.

INSTITUTION/COMPANY PROFILE
Consorzio Venezia Nuova is the concessionary of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport-Venice Water Authority and is responsible for the measures concerning the safeguard of Venice and the lagoon for which the State is competent. The Consortium consists in a group of leading Italian and local construction companies. Defence from high waters and sea storms, recovery and protection of the lagoon ecosystem: these are the objectives of the vast program of safeguarding measures which has been carried out in the lagoon and inhabited lagoon areas for many years now.