Maria Chiara Tosi, Marta De Marchi, Michela Pace, Iuav University of Venice
Wetlands are vulnerable environments and their protection intertwines environmental and scientific aspects with governance problems.
Wetlands not only provide the resources upon which countless species of plants and animals depend, but they perform important environmental and economic functions. They are the main carbon stockers, they help reduce flood events, improve water quality and represent a precious cultural heritage and an important natural heritage.
Starting from these fragilities, many institutions have taken action by promoting wetland contracts, multilevel governance tools aimed at achieving global effects on coastal wetland ecosystems and…