Het Groene Woud
Het Groene Woud (The Green Forest) is a special area of the Netherlands which is located in North Brabant between the cities of Tilburg, Eindhoven and 's-Hertogenbosch.[1] It includes nature reserves such as the Kampina, the Oisterwijk forests and fens, Velderbos and the Dommel.
In 2004 "Het Groene Woud" is designated by the government as a National Landscape. This is to prevent the area between the three large cities from becoming more urbanized.
The combination of nature, sustainable agriculture and environmental recreation form a valuable cultural and historical landscape. "Het Groene Woud" covers a total of 7,500 hectares of marshes, meadows and agricultural landscape. It covers the municipalities Boxtel, Sint-Oedenrode, Schijndel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Best, Oirschot, Oisterwijk, Haaren and Vught.
In Het Groene Woud, many species of mammals can be encountered:
These include: red deer (introduced in 2017),[2] roe deer, European badger, Eurasian harvest mouse, European polecat, European water vole, European hedgehog, Eurasian red squirrel, common pipistrelle, European hare, brown long-eared bat, stoat, serotine bat, Eurasian beaver, European mole, Natterer's bat, least weasel, red fox, Daubenton's bat, beech marten and several species of shrew, dormice, apodemus and arvicolinae.
![Het Groene Woud or The Green Forest](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/HetGroeneWoud.jpg/450px-HetGroeneWoud.jpg)
Hiking, canoeing and cycling activities are possible in this area.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gemeente Sint-Oedenrode / Info / Bezoekers / Natuur / Het Groene Woud". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ "Edelherten in Het Groene Woud". Brabants Landschap. Retrieved 23 March 2020.