The Danish municipality of Assens actively works for the better protection and promotion of animal and plant habitats. As an example, in cooperration with a local landowner the City has carried out a management plan for a valuable and vulnerable calcareous grassland on the peninsular of Helnæs. A dense scrub covering a large area has successfully been removed in order to create better conditions for rare plant species – such as the local melanpyrum arvense which still found on Helnæs.