Green Management Day 2025 (Dutch)
On Friday October 3, 2025, it is time again for the Beheerdersdag (Green Management Day). This annual conference, organised by VBNE and Bosgroepen, in cooperation with various partners, is the day for managers of forest, nature and landscape. A great opportunity to gain knowledge and inspiration and meet colleagues from all over the country.
The Green Management Day 2025 will have a varied programme with informative presentations, workshops and excursions on topics such as insect-friendly mowing management, the role of drainage networks in climate adaptation and wildfire prevention.
This year, the Green Management Day will take place at Fort Voordorp, Groenekan (near Utrecht). Between 10:00-17:00 there will be a programme consisting of 4 rounds of sessions, with a choice of some 40 topics, an information market and networking opportunities.
The full programme will be announced in August. Some of the sessions, presented in Dutch, include:
- Different climate; different forest – Etiënne Thomassen (Bosgroepen)
- Protecting species on a landscape ecology basis – Boy Possen (Brabant Water)
- Grazing pressure and wildlife protection tools – Gryanne Hamming (Probos) and Chris Hartman (Staatsbosbeheer)
- Insect-friendly mowing, is it possible? – Koen Verhoogt, De Vlinderstichting
- Avenue Lessons- Simon Klingen (Klingen Bomen)
- Landscape ecology: relevance for policy, design and management – Ariet Kieskamp (Bosgroepen Midden Nederland)
- Wet veining, opportunities and threats – Dirk Jan Bleijerveld, BoerenNatuur Utrecht Oost
- Nature management in the future: how do we keep our nerve? – Jori Wolf, Staatsbosbeheer
- Natural fires – Marc Brosschot (Staatsbosbeheer)
- Natural grasslands: to fertilise or not to fertilise? – Emiel Brouwer (BWARE) and Celine Roodhart (Roodhart Veldwerk)
- Revitalising forest soils: water helps! – Gerry Bulten (Bosgroepen) and Pieter Westerhof (Bosgroepen)
- Rewilding as a method for ecosystem restoration – Jeroen Helmer (ARK)
- Collaboration landlord and tenant on nature-inclusive agriculture – Jolan Knol (LBP|SIGHT)
- Veteran tree management – Joris van Hellevoort (Utrechts Landschap) and Willem van Delft (PC Trees)
