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CSR 2016 – Boskalis
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Boskalis teamed up with the Dutch Society for the Preservation of Nature
(Natuurmonumenten) to protect the uninhabited island of Griend in the Dutch
Wadden Sea. The island provides a vital habitat for hundreds of thousands of
migratory and breeding birds. However, due to erosion this bird paradise was
at risk of being washed away.
Protection
Hundreds of thousands of birds forage for food on the mud flats around Griend in
the spring and fall. Red knots, sanderlings, bar-tailed godwits and other waders stop
off here to build up their reserves before continuing their journeys, sometimes flying
thousands of miles.
“Natuurmonumenten awarded us this project mainly because of all the measures we
proposed to minimize any disruption of nature” says project leader Johan Miedema.
“An important pre-condition on this project was that we had to minimize disruption levels.
So all our colleague were housed on dry land rather than in an accommodation vessel.
GRIEND NATURE
PRESERVATION
PROJECT
Aerial view of the uninhabited island
of Griend in the Dutch Wadden Sea.