Netherlands' nitrogen targets must be higher: international scientists
2 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands' nitrogen targets must be higher: international scientists

NL Times  

Some protected nature reserves in the Netherlands are even more affected by nitrogen than previously thought, NOS reports based on a report by international scientists that will be published later this month. This means that the Netherlands will have to decrease nitrogen emissions even more to achieve its goal of having 74 percent of nature reserves protected from these emissions by 2030, the broadcaster wrote. The stricter KDW in the UN report means nitrogen emissions must be reduced even more than already planned. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality told NOS that the new report will likely not mean a policy change everywhere because the current policy includes margins for adjustments “to a certain extent.”

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Greenpeace takes Dutch state to court over nitrogen failings
1 month, 1 week ago

Greenpeace takes Dutch state to court over nitrogen failings

Dutch News  

Greenpeace and the Dutch state will face each other in court on Tuesday afternoon with the campaign group arguing the Netherlands is not doing enough to protect the natural environment from the impact of excessive nitrogen. The case is a “last chance to save the most vulnerable habitats because if nitrogen emissions don’t go down, we risk losing unique plants …

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions cut by 7.9% last year over high gas prices
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions cut by 7.9% last year over high gas prices

NL Times  

Last year, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were 7.9 percent lower than in 2021, mainly due to the high gas prices resulting in lower consumption, the RIVM reported on Friday. Due to the decrease, greenhouse gas emissions were 30 percent lower in 2022 than in 1990, achieving the climate target the court set for the Netherlands in a lawsuit …

Netherlands promises stricter nitrogen rules as nature continues to deteriorate
1 year, 3 months ago

Netherlands promises stricter nitrogen rules as nature continues to deteriorate

NL Times  

In the coming years, nitrogen standards will become stricter than they are now, reports the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality after research by the Wageningen University & Research. Farmers action group: Stricter rules “unfeasible” and “rigid” The farmers’ action group Agractie maintains that the Netherlands’ focus on nitrogen “leads to a standstill” and “does nothing” for nature. PAS …

Gov't plans not enough to drastically reduce nitrogen in nature reserves: PBL
1 year, 9 months ago

Gov't plans not enough to drastically reduce nitrogen in nature reserves: PBL

NL Times  

As things stand now, the government will not achieve its goal of drastically reducing nitrogen emissions around nature reserves by 2030. Agriculture will have to reduce ammonia emissions by at least 18 to 33 kilotonnes in the next seven years to achieve the target, the PBL said. Inland shipping still emits too much nitrogen oxides, but the sector does not …

Extra protection for nature reserves in the Dutch North Sea
1 year, 10 months ago

Extra protection for nature reserves in the Dutch North Sea

NL Times  

Stricter nature conservation regulations now apply to three areas in the Dutch part of the North Sea. "A milestone" and "great news for nature," the North Sea Foundation called it. The organization calculated that the measures that took effect Thursday will "effectively protect" 5 percent of the Dutch North Sea floor from seabed disturbance, an area the size of Drenthe. …

Netherlands investing €227 million in sustainable agriculture through 2040
2 years ago

Netherlands investing €227 million in sustainable agriculture through 2040

NL Times  

Enabling farmers in the Netherlands to be able to transition their businesses to make the sector greener and more sustainable by 2040 is the key factor to the agricultural agreement that the Cabinet wants to conclude with farmers, nature organisations, and other governments and stakeholders. The government also wants to make agreements with the fifty largest nitrogen polluters in the …

Dutch Farm Protests: Govt Plans To Cut Down On Emissions Faces Fierce Backlash
2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch Farm Protests: Govt Plans To Cut Down On Emissions Faces Fierce Backlash

News 18  

Bales of hay lie burning along Dutch highways. Unveiling a map detailing nitrogen reduction targets last month, the Dutch government called it an “unavoidable transition.” It said the coming year would finally bring clarity for Dutch farmers, “whether and how they can continue with their business. We anyhow have to wait for decades for nature to improve seriously.” Farmers have …

90 Dutch nature reserves need substantial improvements: Minister
2 years, 6 months ago

90 Dutch nature reserves need substantial improvements: Minister

NL Times  

In 90 of the 162 special protected nature reserves “nature is not in a good state,” said Christianne van der Wal, the minister for nature and nitrogen emissions,. That has a major influence on "the farmers who are doing business there,” the minister said on EenVandaag earlier this week Van der Wal recently announced her plans to reduce nitrogen emissions …

Strict nitrogen rules will make farming impossible in parts of NL: PBL
3 years, 5 months ago

Strict nitrogen rules will make farming impossible in parts of NL: PBL

NL Times  

The Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency has warned that adopting the new nitrogen policy to achieve climate protection goals would make agriculture and livestock farming impossible in a number of Dutch provinces. PBL has argued that the tension between goals, strategy and consequences will be less acute if the national goal is not about nitrogen, but instead about area-specific nature quality. …

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