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    The Oostvaardersplassen (Dutch pronunciation: [oːstˈfaːrdərsˌplɑsə(n)]) is a nature reserve in the Netherlands, managed by the Staatsbosbeheer (state...
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    of the first places were the Konik horse was introduced was the Oostvaardersplassen reserve, where the biggest herd of free-ranging feral Konik horses...
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    resurrected aurochs and are suitable for conservation projects today. In Oostvaardersplassen in Flevoland (Netherlands), about 600 Heck cattle roam freely. Weak...
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    Vogelbescherming Nederland, and from the action group Redt de Oostvaardersplassen (Save the Oostvaardersplassen), the nature reserve was designated as a natural monument...
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    with possibly a new bridge over the IJmeer towards Amsterdam. The Oostvaardersplassen is a landscape of shallow pools, islets, and swamps. Originally,...
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    complexity, as may be concluded from mass-starvations which happened in Oostvaardersplassen. Some examples of these predators are Eurasian lynx and wolves. However...
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    domesticated, but the biggest feral herd in the world lives in the Oostvaardersplassen reserve in the Netherlands. Welsh Pony, mostly domesticated, but...
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    large herd (about 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaardersplassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France...
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    made to reintroduce two herds in Germany and in the Netherlands in Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve in Flevoland as well as the Veluwe. In 2007, a bison...
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    prey, making up 28.2% of 192 prey items, for wintering eagles in Oostvaardersplassen, Netherlands, and the second most often recorded prey species in...
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  • Oostelijke Vechtplassen 4,500 11,000 Oosterschelde 36,978 91,370 Oostvaardersplassen 5,477 13,530 Oudegaasterbrekken, Fluessen en omgeving 3,053.9 7,546...
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    result is called Heck cattle. Herds of these cattle were released to Oostvaardersplassen, a polder in the Netherlands in the 1980s as aurochs surrogates for...
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    Another major area is the internationally famous nature park of Oostvaardersplassen, which arose naturally when the polder of South Flevoland was drained...
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    polders and wetlands. Bargerveen Berkheide De Biesbosch Donkse Laagten Oostvaardersplassen Strubben-Kniphorstbos Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park Wierickerschans...
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    locality in Police, Poland (estuary of Oder and Szczecin Lagoon) The Oostvaardersplassen is a Natura 2000 site in the Netherlands. The Natura 2000 network...
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  • thousands of animals starve". The Guardian. Oostvaardersplassen. Retrieved 14 November 2020. "Oostvaardersplassen: should animals be saved from starvation...
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    Dutch natural history documentary film about the nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. The film shows animal life during four seasons...
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    Nature reserves that are part of the national park include the Oostvaardersplassen, the Lepelaarplassen, the lake Markermeer, and the artificial archipelago...
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    corridors connecting the Veluwe to other wildlife areas such as the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands are being developed and further connections to...
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    place. Ecology portal Environment portal Epping Forest New Forest Oostvaardersplassen Wood-pasture hypothesis Milovice Nature Reserve Holistic management...
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    reserve of national significance. Although accidental in origin, the Oostvaardersplassen as they are known became by the 1970s the definitive destination...
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    Catarina, Brazil (ongoing) De-extinction Ecological experiments Oostvaardersplassen Pleistocene Park Pleistocene rewilding Reintroduction of wolves Rewilding...
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    Petworth House had been introduced. Further inspired by a visit to the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve in the Netherlands in 2002 and by the work of Dutch...
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    areas, along the Meuse in Limburg, and in the Gelderse Poort and Oostvaardersplassen. In 2012, the population was estimated to be about 600 animals and...
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    ice-skating marathon on natural ice was held in January 2009, in the Oostvaardersplassen wetland near Lelystad in the province of Flevoland, an area of land...
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  • in the Netherlands, such as the Veluwezoom National Park and the Oostvaardersplassen with the Klever Reichswald in Germany, nature conservation organisations...
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    Almere-Buiten. It is situated near the Oostvaarders nature reserve, the Oostvaardersplassen. The station is located on a viaduct with 4 tracks and has 4 platforms...
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    in 1980. Originally, it was planned to run straight through the Oostvaardersplassen. After protests from environmentalists, the transport minister decided...
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    was winning the Dutch championship on natural ice in 2009 at the Oostvaardersplassen. A year later Huisman won the Essent Cup and the Dutch Open at the...
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    Netherlands and follows the life of a red fox that lives in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve on the reclaimed polder province of Flevoland. Sanderson...
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