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which the heavy winter precipitation was discharged to the sea almost immediately. This was good for farmers, which could work the dry land with heavy machines in early Spring. It also promotes earlier growth of plants in Spring. The downside was that in Summer, the province and its farmers used massive amounts of groundwater. Brabants
Landschap noted that the types of trees which had shallow roots were killed because their roots no longer reached the groundwater. In 1992 the province severely limited the farmers' use of groundwater in order to safeguard the future supply of drinking water.
310:. This form of farming relies on importing food via the port of Rotterdam. Therefore, starting a pig farm only required a backyard large enough to build a stable. With a high degree of automation and a low degree of care, hordes of locals became pig farmers. Many became wealthy very fast, but by 1988 there were probably 3,000,000 pigs in the Peel. Soon the area was drowning in manure. There were all kinds of rules to limit manure deposition on the land, but these were often evaded. In the air the
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important function of the foundation was that its members (supporters), and those of comparable organizations had (free) access to many protected areas. The advisory work of the foundation led to some successes. During the execution of the commercial cultivation project that led to
Landgoed de Utrecht of about 2,500 hectares, the area that is now the Mispeleindse Heide was spared. The appointment of Constant Kortmann as
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435:(landscape coordination agency) is a distinct part of Brabants Landschap. The agency has 11 employees and coordinates policy and subsidies in the part of the province outside the Natuurnetwerk Brabant, i.e. in the agrarian part of the province. As such it executes provincial policies based on a contract with the province. The agency also supports volunteer activities in nature.
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led to the evacuation of 250,000 people. The Dutch government came to understand that the temporary water storage capacity of rural areas had to be restored in order to prevent future disasters in the Dutch delta. It was obvious that this was essentially a local affair, which could hardly be directed
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plagues. Brabants
Landschap noted that local forest were dying and its heath turned yellow instead of purple. It contacted local municipalities to address the problem. Some were willing to limit pig farming. Other municipalities chose to ignore the problem, and even ignored national legislation which
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Krantven. The second terrain was known as 'Het Zand' of about 1.5 hectares, and bordered the Oranjebond terrains south of Hilvarenbeek. Brabants Landschap also got in much better position, because the national government planned a prominent role for North Brabant in national tourism.
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became the next crisis in North
Brabant. This was surprising, because the province has a huge annual precipitation surplus. The drought was caused by human interference. Land consolidation, the canalization of rivers and brooks, increased water consumption etc. are to blame. It led to a situation in
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Landschap bought its first big terrain, the estate Ter Braakloop of 50 hectares. It forced the foundation to increase its efforts to acquire funding. In November 1963 the adjacent estate 'De Oude Hondsberg' followed, and so an estate of 140 hectares was formed near Oisterwijk.
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Brabants Landschap to inform and educate people about nature in the province. In turn this should lead to the organization getting more supporters, which are like members. Brabants Landschap therefore still organizes guided tours
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to create a foundation called 'Het
Noordbrabantsch Landschap'. It was to be modelled on the Utrechts Landschap (1927) and Geldersch Landschap (1929). The goal of the foundation was to promote nature and a beautiful landscape. The means to achieve this were to acquire, maintain and manage terrains.
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is like a supervisory board. It approves all real estate transactions, and appoints a chief executive officer. As of 15 April 2021, this is Joris Hogenboom. In 2020 there were 69 employees, 25 of these part-time. 23 worked in the office in Haaren, the others work outdoors.
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from The Hague. Therefore, the national government provided funding, but engaged local organizations to achieve this objective. Brabants Landschap was one of these organizations. It was not as crucial as the water boards, but it played its part, and continues to do so.
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aimed to keep pig farms away from forests. One of the biggest obstacles for action were the many farmers who were members of a municipal council. It allowed the agricultural sector to effectively annul national and provincial agricultural policies on the local level.
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was president of the foundation, and there were at least 28 other board members. This large board was probably meant to represent all parts of the province. The selection included people who had earlier shown to be interested in nature conservation.
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said that the province spend relative more money on roads than any other province. Meanwhile, North Brabant failed to protect its landscape, mainly because the political will was lacking in a province dominated by agricultural interests.
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That year it had 3,627 supporters. In 1978 it published a book about the 4,000 hectares of terrain that it owned. In August 1987 Brabants Landschap had almost 10,000 hectares. However, on leaving the province, the Queen's commissioner
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aims to have 129.000 hectares of nature (a quarter of the province) and about 1,500 km of wildlife corridors by 2027. In practice, the execution of Natuurnetwerk Brabant is often integrated with the plans for flood prevention.
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and sparse trees is home to many common species, but also connects the more wild areas of the province. It is in this agricultural zone that the main degradation of the landscape took place. One of the causes was
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blocked about 18,000 building and infrastructure projects. The cause was the insufficient manner in which the government had handled the deposition of nitrogen compounds in
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of North Brabant is a predominantly agricultural landscape. Brabants Landschap focuses on the whole landscape, but by acquiring land, it can only protect
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in 1959 was very favorable for Brabants Landschap. The province instituted a subsidy of 50% for acquisitions like those made by Brabants Landschap.
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