Coastal soft-sediment habitats are some of the most valued ecosystems due to their high productivity, sustaining coastal food webs. However, coastal soft-sediment habitats are under pressure due to human activity and sea level rise. To preserve or restore soft-sediment habitats different management strategies …

The project consists of a regional strategy for the Bajo Guadiana River Valley, in the southern border in between Portugal and Spain. Developed in three steps: Landscape Regeneration, Sustainable Local Production, Green-Blue Accessibility. Analyzing the area, it is clear that the current use of the …

Met de toenemende verstedelijking op het wereldoppervlak dreigen veel natuurlijke habitats van vogels te verdwijnen. Bovendien loopt de geestelijke gezondheid van de mens hier gevaar door. Het is bekend dat natuur en groene omgevingen helpen. Hier dragen vogels positief aan bij; het horen van vogelzang …

Het aantal weidevogels is in de afgelopen decennia sterk achteruitgegaan. Om deze achteruitgang tegen te gaan is het agrarische natuurbeheer ontwikkeld. Vanuit het agrarische natuurbeheer worden optimale weidevogel habitats gecreëerd. Water, Land & Dijken heeft een aantal jaren geleden drie uitzonderingen …

The Wadden Sea is the largest tidal area in the world and is of mayor importance in the sectors ecology, economy and culture. It was therefore added to UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. Hallumer-Ryt is an area in The Wadden Sea which is characterised by a saltmarsh. This habitat is considered to be …

In recent years, the recognition of the importance of ecosystem services provided by peatlands has become increasingly topical (Clarke, 2006). It is now known that peatland degradation and loss of habitat has large negative impacts, particularly with regards the loss of the habitats natural carbon sink …

Ecofield is a new strategy to strengthen ecosystems in the Netherlands by means of architecture specifically designed for the landscape and for animal and plant species. The current biodiversity policy Nature Network Netherlands (formerly Ecological Network) focuses on nature areas and thus ignores the …

This study contains an extensive survey to amphibian species and their habitats in the national park Kotyhi-Strofylia wetlands and the goal of the report is to provide local management and monitoring suggestions for conservation of amphibians. The study is part of EPMAC-Europe which is a European monitoring …

This studies evaluates which design of artificial nest box is the least accessible for predators of the tamarin and still most likely to be accepted as a suitable sleeping site for the black lion tamarin in the wild.

Wat is de stand van de adderpopulatie op de Wolfhezerheide en hoe heeft deze zich ontwikkeld in relatie tot ontwikkelingen in het landschap, vereiste habitats en het gevoerde beheer en gebruik?