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All information can be found in the Brochure OBN.
In the OBN Knowledge Network, researchers, conservation site managers, universities, consultancies, NGO’s and governmental bodies, such as provinces and water boards, closely cooperate to restore ecosystems and nature reserves. In this network, knowledge and practice intermingle, and science and nature management jointly look for the most effective approaches to enhance sustainable conservation of important ecosystems in the Dutch landscapes. Since 2006 The OBN Knowledge network formulates each 4 to 5 years its mission statement and knowledge agenda which is leading in all OBN related activities. Based on this mission statement, landscape-based ‘Expert Teams’ are working on the development, dissemination and implementation of knowledge on restoration and rehabilitation of nature reserves, on issues regarding Natura 2000 and the EU Water Framework Directive, as well as on distribution problems of individual species. During the last decade, the OBN Knowlegde Network is also focusing on environmental problems, such as the effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition, climate change, sea level rise, coastal defense, flood risks, and other changes in the hydrological systems. In these fields of research, the network cooperates with many research institutes.
Core message
The Dutch OBN Knowledge Network for Nature Restoration and Management
• is an independent and innovative platform where policy makers, site managers and scientists cooperate in the management and restoration of natural areas;
• it develops and disseminates knowledge to enhance nature quality management and conservation in the Dutch lansdcapes and in the Atlantic Region.
Stakeholders
Since 2014 for an initial period of five years, and commissioned by BIJ12 (The Twelve Dutch Provinces) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the activities of the OBN Knowledge Network are coordinated by VBNE (Association of Forest - and Nature site owners) in Driebergen. BIJ12 and the Ministry are providing an annual budget of 1.6 million euro for research and communication carried out within the frame-work of OBN. OBN research projects are being allocated via calls for tenders to research institutes. The overall responsibility for the OBN Knowledge Network lies with the VBNE Board that is being advised by an Advisory Committee with a broad representation from policy, research and management organizations. In 2012, a mid-term review on input, outcomes and effects helped to redefine research priorities of the OBN Knowledge Network. The Expert Group Fauna and eight Expert Teams form the core of the network.
The Expert Teams
The Expert Group Fauna and eight Expert Teams form the core of the OBN Knowledge Network. The set-up of the Expert Teams has been based on the various landscapes that occur in the Netherlands:
• Brook valleys (contact: T. Termaat - bosgroepen)
• Dry sandy areas (contact: W. van Heusden - personal title - previously at RVO)
• Dunes and coastal areas (contact: S. Terlouw - Staatsbosbeheer)
• Colline landscapes (contact: F. van der Zee - WUR)
• Fen and Sea Clay landscapes (contact: R. van Grunsven - De Vlinderstichting)
• Wet sandy areas (contact: H. van Kleef)
• Riverine landscapes (contact: I. de Bruin- van Gogh - Bureau Waardenburg)
• Agricultural and Rural Areas (contact: D. Jansen - Boerennatuur)
• Expert group Fauna (contact: H. van Kleef)
These teams formulate research questions aimed at solving (long-term) management problems. They also supervise research projects, and disseminate knowledge by means of reports, scientific papers, brochures, expert reviews, lectures, field symposiums, and through this website www.natuurkennis.nl.
Field symposiums
Within the OBN Knowledge Network, field workshops are an important way of knowledge exchange. During these workshops, research outputs and results, and experiences with management techniques are being shared and discussed. See also www.veldwerkplaatsen.nl.
Contact
OBN Knowledge Network
Princenhof Park 7
3972 NG Driebergen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 343 745250
E-mail: S. Beekmans or A. Kappers
Meer informatie
- Lime-rich and lime-poor coastal dunes: Natural blowout activity differs with sensitivity to high N deposition through differences in P availability to the vegetation
- The Smart Rivers approach: Spatial quality in flood protection and floodplain restoration projects based on river DNA
- Recovery of fen peatland microbiomes and predicted functional profiles after rewetting
- Converting agricultural lands into heathlands: the relevance of soil processes
- Small scale wind erosion for the benefit of coastal dune grasslands
- Salinization lowers nutrient availability in formerly brackish freshwater wetlands; unexpected results from a long-term field experiment
- Literature study into the effect of exotic crayfish, other grazers and bio-builders on the development of young terrestilization vegetation with a view to potential measures
- Acidification of decidious forests on sandy soils and their restoration through the addition of rock powder
- Restoration of herbs and fauna-rich grasslands on dry sandy soils
- 25 years of nature development following topsoil removal: effects on vegetation and butterflies
- Heathland restoration by application of slow release minerals
- OBN English brochure
- Restoration of endangered fen communities: the
- The restoration of degraded iron-rich fens 1
- Pathways for the effects of increased nitrogen deposition on fauna
- Study into the effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on rich fens and poor fens For the benefit of the maintenance and restoration of habitat type H7140 (Natura 2000)
- Alternatives for sod-cutting wet heaths Effects in the medium-long term
- Restoration of grey dunes through small-scale aeolian dynamics
- Characterization, expansion and restoration of Woodrush-beech forests
- Can changes in soil biochemistry and plant stoichiometry explain loss of animal diversity of heathlands?
- Integrated ecological restoration in stream valleys Development of diffuse drainage systems, lowering of discharge dynamics and stream profile recovery
- Salinity‐induced increase of the hydraulic conductivity in the hyporheic zone of coastal wetlands
- Soil iron content as a predictor of carbon and nutrient mobilization in rewetted fens
- Terrestrialisation in peat turf ponds
- Restoration and development of low-dynamic, aquatic systems in the river region
- Topsoil removal in degraded rich fens: Can we force an ecosystem reset?
- Salinization of coastal freshwater wetlands; effects of constant versus fluctuating salinity on sediment biogeochemistry
- Development of island tails Geomorphology, water cycle and vegetation
- Restoration of lowland streams through the reintroduction of macroinvertebrate species
- Effects of large herbivores on grassland arthropod diversity
- Identifying drivers of pumpkinseed invasiveness using population models
- Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America; from trial and error to an evidence-based approach
- How Does Tree Density Affect Water Loss of Peatlands? A Mesocosm Experiment
- Grazing management in relation to the restoration of fauna communities in dry dune meadows End report 2009-2013
- Macrofungi in nature conservation management Part 1: Ecology, threats and knowledge gaps
- Landscape Ecological System Analysis