On 20, 21 and 22 June, LIFE INSULAR (LIFE20 NAT/ES/001007) received a technical visit for the replication of the main results developed in the ecological system of the Amsterdam Dunes (Netherlands), which were the subject of the LIFE Amsterdam Dune Project (LIFE11 NAT/NL/000776). The visit was carried out by members of IBADER (on behalf of LIFE INSULAR), and Waternet (on behalf of LIFE Amsterdam Dune Project), both coordinators of their respective LIFE projects.
Waternet is a Dutch public company responsible for water-related services. Among its main responsibilities is the management of the Amsterdam Dunes, a 3,400 ha natural area, which is part of the Natura 2000 Network in the Netherlands, and which is the main source of drinking water supply for the city of Amsterdam and its surroundings.
The visit allowed the solutions adopted and the lessons learned by the LIFE INSULAR project to be conveyed, as well as comparing the strategies developed by both projects and reaching a common point of agreement: the firm and determined fight against invasive species, and the rejection of the use of herbicides in the fight against invasive species in areas with high fragility due to the vulnerability of the natural values hosted, especially when it comes to types of natural or semi-natural wetland habitats.
