Lake contract for protecting and valorising water resources

The Cusio lake contract is a participatory tool adopted to protect water resources around Orta Lake in Piedmont (IT), which over the years have been exploited to the point of exhaustion and then recovered thanks to innovative and costly interventions. To avoid repeating past mistakes and to align with the European legal framework, the Cusio Lake Cntract unites 133 local actors in an action plan. This plan brings together environmental protection and territorial development, while integrating social, economic and educational components. It proposes collective and individual actions across four areas: pollution reduction, lake ecosystem, shared redevelopment of the territory, and education on environmental sustainability.