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Grote NeteWoud: wilderness on a human scale (LIFE Grote NeteWoud)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Background Wet and dry heath vegetation, bogs, mires and lowland river systems covered much of the Campine region in north-eastern Belgium, until the early 20th century, when industrialisation, urbanisation and intensification of agricultural practices largely destroyed this natural landscape mosaic. The project area lies within the southern limit of the ...
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Grassland restoration in the East Coast polders (LIFE Oostkustpolders)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background Some 2 000 years ago, the original mudflats (coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers) 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 mu ...
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Habitat restoration HAGELAND (Life Hageland)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Background The project area is situated in an area which contains a soil base ranging from sand to loam. This hosts a large and unique range of biodiversity. However, these habitats are very vulnerable because of significant fragmentation. Objectives The core aim of this project ...
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Habitat restoration in the Valleys of the eastern region of Limburg: Bosbeek and Itterbeek (Life Itter en Oeter)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background The “Bosbeek” and “Itterbeek” lowland brook systems in the Flemish Campine region are characterised by high geomorphological and natural diversity. The exceptional abiotic conditions in the two valleys mean that they are home to a wide variety of Annex I habitats, as well as several rare and threatened species, including the great-cres ...
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Habitat restoration in the Abeekvalley (Life Abeek)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background The lowland brook system of ‘Abeek’, situated in the Flemish Campine region, is an important natural area in Western Europe. The most important habitats found here include: sand dune and dune-heath vegetation on land dunes, dry heath land vegetation, transition mires, quaking bogs, Molinia caerulea meadows, species rich Nardus-grasslands, o ...
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Habitat restoration in the Visbeekvalley (Life Visbeek)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Background Until the end of the 19th century, the Campine (‘Kempen’) region in Belgium consisted of a vast heath landscape. The intensification of agricultural practices and the afforestation with conifer plantations resulted in a drastic loss of the former heathlands, oligo-mesotrophic fen complexes and species-rich hay meadows. The Visbeek is one of ...
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Restoration of Intermediate Atlantic heathland habitats in Flanders (Vlaams veldgebied)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Large areas of West and East Flanders were covered with the Bulskampveld, Maldegemveld and other open landscapes of mixed heathlands, nutrient-poor grasslands, forests and ponds until the mid-19th century, at which point the land was cleared for agriculture. Some of the land later naturally developed into valuable oak and birch forests but a la ...
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