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SCHIERMONNIKOOG
AMELAND
TERSCHELLING G R O N I N G E N
W E S T F R I S I A N
I S L A N D S F R I E S L A N D
VLIELAND Groningen
Leeuwarden The otter was extinct in Holland for
many years, but has recently
been reintroduced and is
TEXEL beginning to flourish.
Assen

The golden
plover, a rare
N O R T H wading bird which
D R E N T H E
H O L L A N D has been put under
pressure by the
reclamation of peat
Lelystad bogs and
F L E V O - heathland, is the
AMSTERDAM L A N D O V E R I J S S E L object of a special
Zwolle plan that will
Haarlem enable it to recover
its numbers in
the Netherlands.
Enschede
G E L D E R L A N D
The Hague Connecting
Utrecht zones in
S O U T H Flevoland
H O L L A N D U T R E C H T Arnhem linking various
Rotterdam natural areas are
now being set up for,
among others, the common frog, the
polecat, the European water shrew, the
G E R M A N Y
pond bat, the grass snake and the
Z E E L A N D 's-Hertogenbosch beaver. Specific corridors are being
developed for butterflies.
Middelburg N O R T H B R A B A N T

Eindhoven

Antwerp B E L G I U M
L I M B U R G

Connections between core areas and
The common hamster and development areas in some cases consist
other protected animals of “ecoducts”. The vegetated passages
Maastricht cause headaches for atop the tunnels are designed to allow
developers. The Nature wildlife access to either side of the road,
Protection Act prevents thereby linking two areas of great
building on or the use of importance for flora and fauna without
Aachen areas they inhabit. exposing them to road hazards.

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