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Roel Posthoorn Natuurmonumenten presentation Make a Forest
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Enjoying our forests Drs. ing. R. Posthoorn Natuurmonumenten
maandag 4 april 2011
overview
• Introduction
• Forests in the Netherlands
• Functions and values
• Calls for action
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
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What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage- Forests
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage- Forests
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage- Forests- Wetlands
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage- Forests- Wetlands
- Engagement
maandag 4 april 2011
What is Natuurmonumenten?
- A society with 800,000 members- Founded in 1905- Nature conservation through acquisition- Connecting members and non-members with nature- 355 nature reserves - A total of more than100,000 hectares
- Cultural heritage- Forests- Wetlands
- Engagement- Lobby
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Lobby: forest action in The Hague
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Lobby: forest action in The Hague
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Lobby: forest action in The Hague
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Lobby: forest action in The Hague
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Forests in the Netherlands
• 340.000 ha, 10 % of land surface
• Most forests: < 100 years old
• 60% coniferous / 40% broad leaved
• 75% integrated management / 25% no harvest
• About 2/3 of Dutch natural habitat
• Ownership– 60 % public bodies (national forestry service,
municipalities
– 40% private ownership
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maandag 4 april 2011
maandag 4 april 2011
Functions and values
• Natural values / biodiversity
• Cultural values
• Recreation
• Carbon storage
• Water regulation
• Renewable resource
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Natural values of Dutch forests
• 20 tree species,
• 400 plant species, • 100 animal species
Management strategy Natuurmonumenten, eg• Old forests
• Native species• Habitat diversity
• Patch dynamic
• Dead trees
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Dead trees: source of life
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maandag 4 april 2011
Cultural values
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Recreation
• Most appreciated type of nature
• 200 million visitors/y
• Large variety of activities
• Economic asset
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maandag 4 april 2011
maandag 4 april 2011
Carbon storage / water regulation
• Regulating function of forests
• Carbon sink: 1.4 Mton CO2/y
• Flood protection
• Water supply
• Climate adaptation
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Wood / biomass
• Renewable resource
• Economic asset
• 2.2 million m3 annual growth in NL
• 1.4 million m3 annual harvest, 10% of yearly use in NL
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Calls for action
• Climate forest
• Tree for a tree fund
– Plant a tree, save a forest
• Solving the cimate puzzle: not without our forests
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Plant a tree, save a forest
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Solving the climate puzzle?
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Saving energyCarbon offset
RenewablesPeat land Forest
REDD
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