News item | 22-12-2023 | 15:45
The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is making six million euros available for the second phase of the ‘We&Wadvogels’ programme, a program led by the Bird Protection Society in collaboration with several other nature organizations. The aim of the program is to work on the recovery of wading bird populations.
The Wadden area is the largest and most unique nature reserve in the Netherlands. Millions of migratory and breeding birds depend on the area for their food, resting and breeding grounds. The Wadden area is under pressure due to climate change and the many human activities in the Wadden Sea. Various wading birds such as the avocet, the sandy plover and the Arctic tern are on the red list of threatened species.
Us & Wadvogels
The ‘We&Wadvogels’ program has been working on various projects since 2019 to turn the tide by taking physical measures that can help wading birds to maintain their habitat, and to make the public aware of how to disrupt the lives of wading birds as little as possible. and by collecting and exchanging knowledge about protection measures.
Minister for Nature Christianne van der Wal: “I am pleased that with this subsidy for the ‘We & Wadvogels’ program we can make a new contribution to the recovery of migratory and breeding bird populations in the Wadden area. The Wadden are our unique natural heritage that we must take care of.”
The first phase of the program started in 2019 with a total of 25 projects and a budget of more than 15 million euros, to which the government and the northern Wadden provinces contributed. The second phase of the program consists of another 25 projects requiring a total of 16 million euros. The program will continue until 2028.
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