Title of the project
Conservation and management of wetlands in Po delta and Venice Lagoon
Description
Private shooting areas named Aziende Faunistico Venatorie (AFV) maintain wetlands and wetland habitat to host waterbirds and huntable ducks in particular. The maintenance of habitat is necessary to obtain from Public Administration (District and Region) the private right to hunt in the area.
Each AFV is the owner of the hunting right and have to prepare an environment program and resources management to maintain the right to hunt.
restoring banks, creating fresh water lagoons, regulating water level, planting wetland vegetation.
private hunters create and manage habitat.
Results
Increase of the wintering waterbirds both huntable ducks and protected species as monitored by IWC. Increase of the breeding birds (also protected species)
Location
Country | Italy |
Level | Regional |
Site | Po Delta and Venice Lagoon |
Province(s) | Rovigo |
Region | Veneto |
Habitat Types
Wetland, Coastal
Protection status of the areas
Natura 2000, Regional protected area
Species
Species Caracteristics | Huntable species, Protected species, Migratory species |
Species Type | Birds |
Conservation action(s)
Management of habitats and wildlife (e.g. conservation and restoration activities), Research and data collection (e.g. monitoring, bag data), Enforcement (e.g. of hunting legislation, codes of conduct)
Partners
Leading partners | Such wetlands are private and private hunters create and manage habitat. All private shooting areas are part of Ente Nazionale Produttori Selvaggina (EPS-Private hunting areas association(http://epsitaly.wordpress.com/), that help associates in some administrative process that involve habitat maintenance. |
Other partners | Provincia di Venezia (http://www.provincia.venezia.it/) and Provincia di Rovigo (http://www.provincia.rovigo.it/web/provro) are district administration that allow AFV |
Estimation of the budget (total or annual)
The annual cost of habitat management for each private shooting area (AFV) is variable between a minimum of 70.000 euros/year up to 1 million euros/year. Difference is depending on dimension of area, habitat creation such as fresh water lakes, numbers of employees, changes in hydraulic support etc. At the moment a total of 46 Private shooting areas exixts in Venice and Caorle-Bibione-Po delta, that means a possible estimate of 4-5 millions of euros are spent every year for habitat conservation
Estimation of Human Resources needed
Ech private shooting area has employees that work full time for habitat maintenance, hunting management, fishing actitvities. The numbers of employees is variable for each AFV. It could be estimated that around 120 people are working professionally for the maintenance of such echosystem.
Publication(s)
Le Valli del delta del Po, Emiliano Verza & Danilo Trombin Regione Veneto UP Parchi e Foreste, Octobre 2012Le Valli veneziane, Natura, storia e tradizioni delle valli da pesca a Venezia e Caorle, Autori vari- Provincia di Venezia, March 2009Le Anatre selvatiche del delta monitoraggi e ricerche sugli anatidi del delta del Po (Veneto), Emiliano Verza & Michele Bottazzo, Regione Veneto-Veneto Agricoltura, Novembre 2011
Weblinks
www.cacciapesca.provincia.venezia.itwww.provincia.rovigo.it