Since 2020 Trees for All, together with ARK Rewilding Nederland, has planted new loamy ground forest in Groene Woud in Noord-Brabant. Together we work on enlarging these rare forests, which are home to all sorts of unique pants and animals. Will you take part?
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Between Tilburg, Eindhoven and Den Bosch, Het Groene Woud is situated: a magnificent natural resource with moorland, swamp, meres and loamy ground forests. These loamy ground forests are very rare. Because of their moist subsoil they are home to all sorts of specific plants and animals, such as birds, butterflies and mammals. This unique biodiversity we would like to keep and reinforce!
We do this by planting new forest and connecting existing nature reserves. In this way, we reinforce nature that already exists and expand the habitat of many plant and animal species in Het Groene Woud. Think of rare butterflies (checkered skipper or the white admiral) and the tree frog, the red-backed shrike, the wild cat, the otter and the black stork.
ARK Rewilding Nederland, our project partner, came up with a special and well-considered plan for restoring loamy ground forests. This plan combines the best of two measures: on the one hand we plant new forest, on the other we look at what nature comes up spontaneously in the area. The latter we also refer to as natural regeneration.
The new plants and shrubs we will plant on former agricultural grounds. This concerns indigenous species of trees and shrubs which are characteristic for loamy ground forests, such as common hornbeam, small-leaved lime and large-leaved lime, fluttering elm, thicket dog rose and common dogwood.
This policy requires much knowledge of the area, patience and attention. For that reason we are happy with our long-term co-operation with ARK Foundation. Together we will be able to share our knowledge and follow developments in years to come
Since 2020, Trees for All has been working in partnership with ARK Nature on expanding the scarce loam forests in Het Groene Woud. This beautiful area in North Brabant is home to all sorts of unique plants and animals. Thanks to the support of our donors, we were able to…
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Since 2020, we’ve been planting new loam forests in Het Groene Woud, in North Brabant, in partnership with ARK Nature. Together, we’re expanding these scarce forests, which are home to numerous species of plant and animal. And we’re already seeing the positive results of the project!…
Read the storyWe will plant the trees in parcels all over The Groene Woud: from De Geelders near Boxtel to the valley of the river Dommel near Son en Breugel. This ensures that the coherence between existing forest and nature reserves is restored, strengthened and extended.
Within this project we work together with ARK Nature. ARK realizes robust nature reserves, in which nature is allowed to mind her own business as much as possible. This renders a rich variety in landscapes, plants and animals. In order to achieve this, ARK in turn works together with various parties, such as provinces, municipalities, farmers, water authorities, ground managers and local networks.
In addition, these companies have contributed to the new forest:
