Nature & Environment
Venice’s litoral is characterized by the presence of lagoons, sometimes interrupted by reclaimed isles and hosting numerous rivers’ mouths (Livenza, Tagliamento, Piave, Sile, Brenta, Adige).
In order to prevent the lagoon from being covered with debris coming with the streams, the Serenissima Republic built, in 1500, a dense hydraulic system, still existing nowadays: these waterways were initially employed as market routes, in the golden years of Venice.
This massive operation has allowed the birth of a new ecosystem. The development of naturalistic tourism has been possible throughout the whole territory, offering very interesting fluvial sites.
In the northern part of Caorle an environmental readjustment is on progress right now in Valle Vecchia. In 1998 a big area, previously totally reclaimed, was flooded and the seaside has changed utterly.
Within San Stino’s environmental resources, we must name Bandiziol and Prassaccon woods, 100 hectare of reforestation, probably the biggest woods reconstruction work in Veneto.
Going further to Caorle and Bibione’s coast, till Livenza’s upper mouth, we find Zignago Valley where rare bird species like Kite, Hawk and Cormorant make their nest on Poplar trees.
Proseguendo lungo la costa tra Caorle e Bibione, e spingendosi maggiormente verso l'alta foce del Livenza, tra i comuni di Caorle e Concordia Sagittaria è sita la Valle Zignago dove, tra pioppeti maturi e arginelli circondati dall'acqua, nidificano specie rare come il nibbio bruno, la poiana, il cormorano.
The inland is mainly cultivated fields: corn, soy, beet, wheat treated with low-environmental-impact techniques, as close as we get to the coast.
Waterways in the Venetian area
The Brussa beach in Caorle
The coast of Valle Vecchia
A field of sunflowers
