Title of the project
Quick Win Boterhoek
Description
Improving the quality of existing forest and other habitat types.
Conversion of coniferous wood, poplar forests and (recent) hardwood planting to forest habitat types.
Realization of a contiguous marsh and wet grassland complex.
The area on which this project was carried out is situated in the Game Management Unit ‘Vlaamse Ardennen’ and is the property of two motivated hunters. A goal of the Game Management Unit is to realize biotope improving measures. Through this project, the Game Management Unit was given the opportunity to align better her habitat improving measures to the European directives.
The hunters contacted the necessary manpower to carry out the work and supervised the works.
Location
| Country | Belgium |
| Level | Local |
| Site | Boterhoek |
| Specific site coordinates | Numbers of the cadastral parcels: • 45024A0442/00A000 • 45024A0442/00B000 • 45024A0441/00_000 • 45024C0482/00A000 • 45024C0483/00_000 • 45024C0475/00_000 • 45024C0320/00A000 • 45024C0352/00A000 • 45024C0353/02D000 • 45024C0320/00B000 • 45024C0322/00_000 • 45024A0411/00B000 • 45024A0414/00A000 • 45024A0407/00A000 • 45024A0416/00_000 • 45024A0406/00A000 • 45024C0313/00A000 • 45024C0311/00A000 • 45024C0345/00E000 • 45024C0352/02A000 • 45024A0417/00_000 • 45024A0449/00A000 • 45024C0324/00_000 • 45024C0313/00A000 |
| Municipalities involved | Michelbeke (Brakel) |
| Province(s) | East Flanders |
| Region | Flemish Brabant |
Starting date
Habitat Types
Protection status of the areas
Species
| Species Caracteristics | Huntable species, Protected species, Threatened species, Abundant species |
| Species Type | Mammals, Others: Plant species of alluvial forests, Amphibians, Gastropods |
| Name(s) of main species | Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), Common alder (Alnus glutinosa), Sorbus, Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea), Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus), Desmoulin’s whorl snail (Vertigo moulinsiana), Different bat species: Geoffroy’s bat (Myotis emarginatus), Pond bat (Myotis dasycneme), Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii), … |
Conservation action(s)
Partners
| Leading partners | Game Management Unit ‘Vlaamse Ardennen’ - http://www.wildbeheereenheid-vlaamse-ardennen.be/ |
| Other partners | Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen - http://www.hvv.be Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos - http://www.natuurenbos.be |
Estimation of the budget (total or annual)
• Funding Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos (Quick Win): € 23.265,10
• Investment of the Game Management Unit: € 134,75