Naturschutz Switzerland meets The Peel

In June 2025 thirteen colleagues of Naturschutz Switzerland, kanton Zürich, will visit The Netherlands for a multi-day excursion. They want to visit different nature reserves each day in order to gain some insight into how nature management/protection is approached and applied in the Netherlands. On June, 12, they visit the south of our country: the Peel.

Staatsbosbeheer, the largest nature conservation organization in The Netherlands, is happy to welcome Naturschutz in the Peel. Together with delegates of the Provincie Noord-Brabant, Waterschap Aa en Maas and the Gemeente Deurne, we will discuss the following topics:

  • how the cooperation with nature conservation organizations, governments (forestry, agriculture, soil protection) and farmers is going;
  • how the Netherlands is pursuing the development of an ecological infrastructure, how this translates into the task set by the State for nature conservation and how it is implemented in general and how the collaboration with the Province of Noord-Brabant proceeds;
  • how nature reserves are managed in the Netherlands;
  • how nature reserves are protected (regulation or management contract);
  • how the collaboration with owners and managers proceeds;
  • how Leegveld is specifically maintained (field trip).