Nature In The Netherlands

The Netherlands has 20 national parks and hundreds of other nature reserves, that include lakes, heathland, woods, dunes and other habitats. Most of these are owned by Staatsbosbeheer, the national department for forestry and nature conservation and Natuurmonumenten (literally ‘Natures monuments’), a private organisation that buys, protects and manages nature reserves.

De Natuur Maakt De Mens Vrij (Tilburg University, Nederland) — Nature Makes Man Free (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

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Natur in den Niederlanden

Naturaleza en los Países Bajos

Natuur in Nederland

Nature aux Pays-Bas

природы в Нидерландах

The Dutch part of the Wadden Sea in the north, with its tidal flats and wetlands, is rich in biological diversity, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Nature Site in 2009. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the territory of the Netherlands belongs to the ecoregion of Atlantic mixed forests. In 1871, the last old original natural woods were cut down, and most woods today are planted monocultures of trees like Scots pine and trees that are not native to the Netherlands.