Last updated: June 2024
The oasis is one of the favourite destinations especially by naturalist photographers of the region, thanks to the presence of numerous animal and plant species. The oasis covers an area of about 20 hectares, is part of a SIC and ZPS area of 40 hectares and its management has been entrusted to the Noale WWF Cave Oasis Committee. It used to be a clay extraction area that got abandoned for several years. It was restored to create a new wild habitat that the local government declared a protected area (1, 2 and 4).
Martin pescatore
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Blue infrastructure
- In-land wetlands, peatlands, swamps, and moors
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity restoration
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Improvements to water quality
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Preservation of natural heritage
- Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
- Effective management
Focus
Maintenance and management of urban nature, Management and improved protection of rivers and other blue areas
Project objectives
The objectives of the project conducted in the area between 1998 and 2005 were:
1. Reduction of the contributions of Nitrogen and phosphorus at the Laguna of Venice;
2. Reducing the hydraulic risk, through reduction of the flow rate and the increase in volumes of water invasion during storms;
3. The increase in naturalistic and biodiversity value;
4. Improving the usability of the quarry area (4).
Implementation activities
The site become a protected natural oasis through a long and controversial process. It involved the Venice Province, the Municipality of Noale and the Dese-Sile Reclamation Consortium, but also associations and private citizens who, recognizing the high value, worked over the years in order to protect it. Thanks to their constant commitment, they blocked the project of turning the place into a landfill. Interventions in the area were:
1. Manufacturing of infrastructural support, derivation and return of the water flow;
2. Realization of a new internal waterway to the quarries;
3. Strengthening of the river margins to prevent damages due to flooding;
4. Realization of three new water basins. (4)
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity restoration:
- Rehabilitate and restore damaged or destroyed ecosystems
- Restore species (native, endangered, or unspecified)
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
- Non-government organisation/civil society
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Dissemination of information and education
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The WWF and the Noala Municipality are in charge of maintaining the area since 2005, after the last work of rehabilitation of a local river stream in the area was completed. The project is a result of a partnership between the local municipality, WWF and local groups of civilians (2 and 3).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Yes
(The Oasis is part of a larger territory (about 40 hectares, including all former quarries) identified as a Site of Community Importance (SIC IT3250017) under the Habitats Directive 92/43 / EEC and Protected Area Special (SPA) under Directive 79/409 "Birds". This is why the area is part of the Natura 2000 network of the Veneto Region (1).)
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The area was declared a natural oasis thanks to local citizens initiatives born in Noale in the late 1970s: the "Committee for the Realization of a Wildlife Protection Oasis to Locate in Noale Caves". Thank to this initiative, the government decided to not build a landfill and let nature take over. An important project was then presented by the Consortium of Reclamation Dese Sile (now Acque Risorgive) and drafted in 1998, with the aim of creating a bio-fitodepuration area of the nutrients of the Rio Draganziolo. This project was carried out, completed and completed in 2005 (1).
The project to recover the local river in the area was part of the Veneto Region in light of its Prevention Plan Pollution and rehabilitation Of the basin waters Hydrographic immediately Swirling in the Lagoon Of Venice - Piano Director 2000" (4).)
Financing
Total cost
€2,000,000 - €4,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public regional budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Water management and blue areas
- Improved water quality
- Improved stormwater management
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Increased green space area
- Increased conversion of degraded land or soil
- Reduced biodiversity loss
- Increased number of species present
- Restoration of derelict areas
Economic impacts
- More sustainable tourism
- Generation of income from NBS
Socio-cultural impacts
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Protection of natural heritage
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
Yes
References
1. Intervention Official Website: Available at: Source link. Accessed on 28th September, 2020.
2. WWF Website: Available at: Source link. Accessed on 28th September, 2020.
3. Oasi Regulation and Governance: attached
4. Intervention publication: Source link [Not accessible due to privacy issue as of September, 2020]
5. Environmental Education about the NBS with school children: Source link [Not accessible due to privacy issue as of September, 2020]
6. Oasis Facebook Page. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 28th September, 2020.
2. WWF Website: Available at: Source link. Accessed on 28th September, 2020.
3. Oasi Regulation and Governance: attached
4. Intervention publication: Source link [Not accessible due to privacy issue as of September, 2020]
5. Environmental Education about the NBS with school children: Source link [Not accessible due to privacy issue as of September, 2020]
6. Oasis Facebook Page. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 28th September, 2020.
Lycaena dispar
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"Garzetta con preda" - Little egret with prey
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