The Chair of the Venice in Peril Fund, Anna Somers Cocks, has resigned along with four other trustees, paving the way for a return to its restoration roots when rising waters remains the biggest threat to the city.
Founded after the great flood of 1966, Venice in Peril focused initially on restoration, but under Somers Cocks it also financed research into the city's ecological problems and proposed solutions, such as the need for mobile barriers at the openings between the Adriatic and lagoon. But she says there is a widespread and dangerous misconception that the barriers being built are the solution to the problem of rising water levels when they are, at best, a short-term measure to buy time. Read more...
