Noja (EFE).- The European LIFE Stop Cortaderia project has achieved, after four years in progress, that the feather duster has ceased to be an uncontrolled problem in Cantabria and has formulas to combat it.
It has been possible to free 287 hectares of feather duster in Cantabria and that 17 Cantabrian municipalities no longer have this invasive species in their territories.
The project celebrated this Friday the European Natura 2000 Network award achieved last year with a day of activities in the Victoria and Joyel de Noja Marshes.
The representative of the General Directorate for the Environment of the European Commission, Lucía Iglesias, and the Acting Minister for the Environment, Guillermo Blanco, together with the person in charge of Amica, Tomás Castillo, and the person in charge of SEO-Birdlife in Cantabria, participated in the conference. Felipe Gonzalez. They all hope to continue another four years with this project, which has the financial support of the regions and Europe.
again candidate
The project has once again opted for the Natura 2000 Awards, a call open until the end of September and whose winners will be announced in May 2024.
Lucía Iglesias recalled that this project is an initiative for social inclusion and management of invasive species that stood out from the rest of the candidacies for its uniqueness in forming and training groups of people with disabilities in the fight to eliminate dusters.
“This is truly unique and it has also been thanks to this cooperation between environmental organizations and organizations of a social nature,” he added.
Commitment to conservation
Two years ago, the Cantabrian Pro-biodiversity project already won the Natura 2000 award in another category, which, in his opinion, demonstrates Cantabria’s commitment to nature conservation, biodiversity and sustainable development.
The Acting Minister for the Environment has recognized the work of all the people and entities involved in this project who have fought to eliminate feather dusters in the community, work that, in his opinion, must continue. EFE