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Venice’s Growing Flamingo Population Finds Refuge in Recovering Wetlands
Environmentalists say nearly 24,000 wintering birds last year show restored salt marshes are making the lagoon a stronger feeding ground.
- Last year, wintering flamingos in Venice peaked at a record of nearly 24,000, positioning the Venetian Lagoon as a critical habitat, according to ornithologist Alessandro Sartori.
- Salt marshes once covered nearly half the 550 square kilometers of the Venetian Lagoon but have dwindled to about 7% today, prompting Jane da Mosto, executive director of Are Here Venice, to lead the European-funded WaterLANDS project.
- Over the last three years, flamingo numbers in the southern Venetian Lagoon surged from a handful to as many as 400, while more than 90% remain concentrated in the northern lagoon.
- Sartori surveys the Venetian Lagoon weekly for signs of nesting, though previous attempts in 2008 and 2013 suffered setbacks from violent hail that killed dozens of birds.
- Rebuilding salt marshes increases the Venetian Lagoon's carbon capture capacity, and the WaterLANDS project aims to make this reconstruction scalable across Europe while researchers enhance biodiversity resilience.
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