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Integrated restoration of natural habitats on military areas in Natura 2000 (MILITAIRE GEBIEDEN)
Start date: Sep 1, 2003, End date: Jun 30, 2010,
Background
The Belgian defence ministry owns large areas of land across Flanders, especially in the eastern part (Kempen-Limburg). These sites are mainly used for military training. Although some of their original heathlands and semi-natural grasslands were transformed into forests â to produce timber for the coal mines â or into farmland, these milit ...
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Uitkerkse Polder: a surplus value for nature and people (UITKERKSEPOLDER)
Start date: Apr 1, 2003, End date: Mar 31, 2009,
Background
Some 2000 years ago, the original mudflats along the Belgian coast were closed off by a dune belt, behind which an extensive area of peat bogs formed. Incursions by the sea during the Middle Ages caused this bog to become saline and left it covered with a fertile layer of mud. Converted to polders, the land has been used almost exclusively as p ...
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Action Plan for conservation and restoration of three woods in the Flemish Ardennes (3 Bossen Vlaamse Ardennen)
Start date: Oct 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2006,
Background
Despite intensive land use, the Flemish Ardennes area, in the Oost Vlaanderen province of Belgium, has historically experienced high levels of biodiversity. Traditional forest use allowed the wild flora and fauna to stay in good condition. Species-rich ash and alder woods as well as oak and beech woods were well developed in the area.
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