Our efforts to draw attention from UNESCO to the procedural and scientific limitations are mentioned in this article. WahV would not describe itself as a “lobby group”. We are a think tank that aims to facilitate the flow of objective information and analysis between the policy making sphere and research (academic and community). As to the offshore alternative cruise ship terminal at Punta Sabbioni/Cavallino Treporti (promoted by De Piccoli and Duferco), many “environmental scientists” have serious reservations about this option too.