The idea of creating a large forest in the city of
Mestre, starts from an environmental group in 1984 with the intention of protecting the area from a construction that had been planned near of the grove of Carpendo.
So some wooded nuclei were planted on private areas for 20 hectares in total. In 2001, the
Association for the Forest of Mestre was established and in 2005 a General Master Plan came into force with which it is intended to reach 1200 hectares of forest, partly public and in private part.
This forest consists, mainly of some areas of different widths, some nearby others a little more distant from each other. These areas, originally agricultural, were reformed with the project of being all connected by cycle-pedestrian paths.
The Mestre Forest is composed of the Ottolenghi forest that is located between Favaro Veneto and Dese, the
Carpenedo forest, the Osellino forest and the < STRONG> Querini areas, the latter belonging to the municipality of Venice.
Within the already inaugurated areas there are wetlands, recreation areas, cultural and nature trails.
In addition, thanks to the collaboration with the
Facilitated Reading Project of the City of Venice, tools are being studied in the woods of Mestre that also allow people to reduced vision and motor ability to enjoy the beauties of the forest.
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