3-634: Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland (English: Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands ), also known as Vereniging Natuurmonumenten , is a Dutch nature conservation organization founded in 1905 by Jacobus Pieter Thijsse and Eli Heimans , that buys, protects, and manages nature reserves in the Netherlands. It is a member of the European Environmental Bureau . The first area that
6-562: The organization had 735,000 members and was headquartered in 's-Graveland . The organisation moved their headquarters to Amersfoort at the end of 2020. The organization was awarded the Gouden Ganzenveer in 1986. Nature conservation organization This is a list of nature conservation organisations that primarily aim to protect species , their habitats , and ecosystems . To see organisations that are specialized land trusts managing caves and karst features in
9-512: The organization purchased in 1905 was to protect the Naardermeer, southeast of Amsterdam . It had 355 sites under its management in 2010, with a total area of 1,029.51 km (397.50 sq mi). The largest is De Wieden (58.47 km (22.58 sq mi)); the smallest is Fort Ellewoutsdijk (0.01 km (0.0039 sq mi)). The organization also owns 1,700 buildings, of which 250 were provincial or national monuments. In 2013,
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