Women Innovators in the Netherlands - Rural Fact Sheet #92
Championing bees and biodiversity through education, habitat creation, and sustainable beekeeping in the Netherlands
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Detail description
The Bee Foundation, founded in 2015 by Sonne Copijn, promotes bee-friendly environments across the Netherlands. It establishes bee oases, educates the public, trains wild beekeepers, and advises landowners. The foundation aims to create 10,000 hectares of bee oases by 2028, engaging over 10,000 people in biodiversity education. Based in Groenekan, Utrecht, it operates through workshops, surveys, and partnerships with government and civil society. Its mission focuses on bee welfare, biodiversity, sustainable beekeeping, and transforming the built environment.
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Contribution detail info
- Project
- Location
- Netherlands
- Authors
- Vitnarae Kang, Gerdy Verschuure-Stuip, Willem Korthals Altes
- Purpose
- Dissemination
- File type
- document
- Created on
- Jul 26, 2024
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- FLIARA
- License
- CC BY-SA
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