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Creation & History
Between 1950 and 1968 Flevoland was created by the reclamation of the Flevopolders. In 1968 a 56km² piece of land read more…

Flora
The core area of the Oostvaardersplassen is characterized by its rough and short grasslands, reedland, and wild herbs. The read more…

Fauna: Birds
The oostvaardersplassen are a birdparadise. There are many birds of prey, rare spieces of duck, waders and reed inhabitants. read more…

Fauna: Large Grazers
Since 2005 the herds of large grazers have grown substantially. By  the year 2011 there were living 3300 red deer, 1150 konik read more…

Management Policy
The first large grazers, 40 red deer,  were introduced to the area in 1980. Because the animals lived in an area larger read more…