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Marker Wadden

Coordinates: 52°35′N 5°23′E / 52.583°N 5.383°E / 52.583; 5.383
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Marker Wadden
Marker Wadden is located in Netherlands
Marker Wadden
Marker Wadden
Location in the Markermeer
LocationMunicipality of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands
Coordinates52°35′N 5°23′E / 52.583°N 5.383°E / 52.583; 5.383
In clear colour, proposed islands.
The first island seen from an airplane, still a virgin island.

The Marker Wadden is an artificial archipelago in development located in the Markermeer, a lake in the Netherlands. The first island was inaugurated on 24 September 2016.[1]

Project

The project was presented in 2012, by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten.[2] The Dutch government, BirdLife Netherlands, ANWB and VNO-NCW are partners.[3][4]

Works on the first phase, which is mainly focused on the construction of the first island, started in April 2016,[5] Boskalis Westminster has been awarded the contract for this phase.[6]

The main aims are to create breeding grounds, islands and coast line and to improve the water ecology of the Markermeer. The project creates a wetland, comparable with the Wadden Sea (hence the name of the project), but without tides because the Markermeer is not connected to the sea and is in a fresh water environment. The new nature reserve will be accessible to tourists.

On 11 May 2016, the first square metres of land were created, which Natuurmonumenten called a 'milestone'. In March 2017 it was announced that four other islands should be completed before 2020.[7]

Controversy

The ecologist Wouter van Dieren [nl] claimed he first had the idea in 1996 and talks about 'plagiarism'.[8]

References

  1. ^ Een nieuw stukje Nederland: de Marker Wadden zijn open
  2. ^ Marker Wadden Charrette, 2013 The Cultural Ecology of Water in the Netherlands.
  3. ^ Marker Wadden, droomplan wordt mogelijk - Natuurmonumenten (in Dutch), YouTube. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ "VNO-NCW-baas De Boer wil spoed achter project Marker Wadden" (in Dutch), NU.nl, 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Crowdfunding voor aanleg Marker Wadden" (in Dutch), De Stentor, 2016.
  6. ^ Unique project: nature islands in the Markermeer: Marker Wadden (in Dutch), Vereniging Natuurmonumenten. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. ^ https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/nieuws/extra-eilanden-voor-marker-wadden
  8. ^ Hans Marijnissen, "'Plan Marker Wadden is puur plagiaat'" (in Dutch), Trouw, 11 February 2012.
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