LIFE Resilias focusses on system restoration in different areas and demonstrates how the ecosystem approach works

Within the project several ecosystems have been selected where alien species pose a threat or are already a problem. In these sample areas we show managers, owners, policy makers and other stakeholders how to apply the ecosystem resilience approach and what is needed in management. We also follow the results of these management measures through careful monitoring. The overview below shows the sample areas of this project. More information per area will follow as the project progresses.

The selected areas have been classified based on the presence of one of the four chosen invasive alien species studied in this project:

Black cherry (Prunus serotina)

• Forests of the Huijbergen waterextraction area, Evides
• Gassels Bos, municipality of Grave
• Groote Heide water extraction area forests, Brabant Water, Heeze Leende

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia Japonica)

• Streamside woods Hertgang, Landgoed de Utrecht
• Streamside woods along de Rovertse Leij, Gorp en Rovert
• Streamside woods Tongelreep, municipality of Valkenswaard
• Wakkerendijk, grass verge near Baarn, province of Utrecht
• Gageldijk, grass verge, city of Utrecht
• Various roadsides and watercourses

Australian swamp stonecrop (Crassula helmsii)

• Akkerenven, Staatsbosbeheer
• Two dune valleys in Het Zeepe
• Ponds water extraction area Halsteren, Evides

Pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)

• Lisseven, municipality Waalre
• Surea, Staatsbosbeheer, forestry department Dorst
• Rozenven, Visdonk country estate
• Gooren and Krochten, 2 ponds, Staatsbosbeheer

During the project we regularly invite managers, owners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to visit the sample areas. For example, during a field excursion or organising a walking route. As soon as there is more information regarding date and time of certain activities, this will be indicated in the agenda.