4 European Projects Found
Searched on 125080 European Projects
FINISHED
Habitat restoration in Landschap De Liereman (Liereman)
Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Sep 30, 2010,
Background
De Liereman is a complex area of habitats in Flanders laid out in a mosaic pattern. It includes wet depressions and steep continental dunes. The ecological gradients between sandy, loamy and peaty soils and the associated vegetation communities make this an outstanding landscape. After the deforestation of the Middle Ages, heathland developed i ...
Read Project
2
Partners Participants
FINISHED
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 ...
Read Project
2
Partners Participants
FINISHED
Restoration and management of the lowland mire "Damvallei" (DAMVALLEI)
Start date: Jul 1, 2003, End date: Oct 31, 2008,
Background
The wetlands of the Damvallei arose in a former meander of the River Schelde in East Flanders, which filled up over time with peat. Starting in the Middle Ages, this peat was cut away by the inhabitants of the nearby city of Gent and surrounding areas. This exploitation gave rise to about fifty relatively small pools with lush aquatic pondweeds ...
Read Project
1
Partner Participant
FINISHED
Minerotrofic mires and heath ecosystems in the Zuiderkempen (Zuiderkempen)
Start date: Jan 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2006,
Background
The Zuiderkempen are situated on the border between the sandy Kempen and the loess country of central Belgium. Calcareous water from the surrounding Tertiary hills reaches the surface here in a complex of sandy and loamy soils, resulting in a great diversity of micro-biotopes.
Artesian pressure has created a series of wetlands: alkaline bogs ...
Read Project
