NAME/ADDRESS
The Monk’s Dune (Munkens Klit),
9480 Løkken
CADASTRIAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
2m, Klitterne Ingstrup
COORDINATES
57.3392°N, 9.6827°E
SIZE (LAND/BUILT)
Land total: 31,5 ha
TYPE
Reserve area: Protected area with fields and heath dunes (link in Danish)
OWNERSHIP
State owned by The Danish Nature Agency under The Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
YEAR OF PURCHASE
2019 (five-year agreement)
STATUS
Ongoing project managed by KKFF (link in Danish)
Flora, see registration list 2019-2020 (in Danish)
Images of the monk’s dune (click to enlarge)
videos of the monk’s dune
Monk’s Dune, 2020
Sea, sunset and dunes
A new toad habitat formed by project Monk’s Dune
A habitat and vegetation mosaic
On horseback, Monk’s Dune
before intervention → current status
process
Kaj Kjær Flora & Fauna have established formal and informal collaborations with larger as well as smaller institutions, actors and organisations. Amongst these are: The Danish Nature Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, University of Copenhagen, Aalborg University, the Municipality of Jammerbugt and The People’s Meeting for Nature (Naturmødet).
Kaj Kjær Flora & Fauna participates in the national network for Danish Nature Funds. We collaborate with other funds, working within nature and environment, as well as with local tourism and business actors, local schools and associations.
The Fund collaborates and is in ongoing dialogue with landowners regarding land acquisition and distribution, to ensure that the creation of cohesive natural areas favours all parties.
International scientists are offered short- and long-term stays at KKFF's properties. Scientists are selected based on academic fields and their capability to monitor the areas belonging to KKFF. In August 2019 the foundation’s first grant researchers have been established and received a delegation of 5 PhD researchers from three Chinese Universities; University of Nanjing, University of Xiamen and University of Fuzhou.
We are always looking for new collaborations to promote our mission!
→ Drone footage of the Monk’s Dune area, 2020.
See more about the project, a collaboration with The Danish Nature Agency, here.