FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
In order to help the forest fulfil both the role of natural refuge and a place for leisure, the Belgian legislators passed a zoning law, in which priority is given to the ecological facet in certain zones, while in others, a socio-recreational role is played up.
Natural and forest reserves are protected under the Ordinance of 27 April 1995 on safeguarding and protecting nature (published in the Moniteur belge of 7 July 1995).
Traffic in woods and forests is regulated by the Ordinance of 30 March 1995 on the frequency of use of the woods and forests in the Brussels Capital Region (published in the MB of 23 June 1995).
The Sonian Forest (Dutch: Zoniënwoud, French: Forêt de Soignes) is a 43 km² forest on the southeast of Brussels, Belgium.
The Forest lays in the Flemish municipacilties of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hoeilaart, Overijse and Tervuren, in Ukkel, Watermaal-Bosvoorde, Oudergem and Sint-Pieters-Woluwe in the Brussels-Capital Region and the Walloon towns of La Hulpe and Waterloo, Belgium.
The forest consists mainly of European beeches and oaks.
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