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Burgers' Mangrove

Worldwide the mangroves are threatened due to intensive prawn farming and the explosive growth in population. Because of this large sections of mangrove are disappearing, even though mangroves have an essential function in nature. Royal Burgers' Zoo wants to create awareness in its visitors and is building the world's largest covered mangrove with an area of over 3,000 m² in Arnhem.

The energy efficient hall at the Arnhem Zoo is for the most part inspired by the country Belize, which is located in Central America. For over 27 years already Burgers' Zoo has been protecting a nature reserve in Belize, of which the mangrove is a significant part. With this new building project the Arnhem Zoo continues the tradition of the eco-displays: amaze visitors with ecosystems that are as close to nature as possible and in which the animals largely live in freedom.

Mangrove

News Friday, 08 September 2017

Will the young rhinoceros pass the integration course?

The four weeks old square-lipped rhinoceros Wiesje met the giraffes, zebras, and antelope for the first time on Friday, 8 September.

Embark on a photo safari in Burgers' Zoo's 360-degree video game

Burgers’ Zoo has designed its own 360-degree photo safari video game: Burgers’ Zoo Snapshot.

Rhino born live on webcam!

On Thursday, 10th of August thousands of viewers witnessed the birth of a healthy calf live on our YouTube channel.

Live webcam follows pregnant rhinoceros

Burgers’ Zoo expects the birth of a baby white rhino to occur within the next two weeks.

Giant window as an eyecatcher

A massive, 12-metres-long by 1.8-metres-tall window forms an eyecatching feature in the Mangrove. The window is made of acrylic instead of glass, just like the windows in the Ocean. The giant window...

Access to another world

In the future, visitors will enter the Mangrove through a darkened tunnel, similar to the current access tunnel to the Bush. In the tunnel,...

Ebb and flood

One distinguishing feature of mangroves near the mouth of a river, where it meets the ocean, is that, under the influence of the tides, the ecosystem must deal with both fresh water and seawater during...