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 in the Netherlands. It must also become clearer in which areas the restoration of nature "threatens to disappear from the picture,” Van der Wal previously wrote to the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. However, she continued, "if, for example, the area information from the provinces shows that voluntary measures do not lead to results, then you have no other choice," said Van der Wal.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Half of all nature reserves not in a healthy state, report reveals
4 years, 1 month ago

Half of all nature reserves not in a healthy state, report reveals

The Telegraph  

Half of England’s nature reserves are not in a healthy state, a damning report by a government-commissioned body has found, as they warn that most climate targets have been missed. Natural assets including soils, land, plants and wildlife are in serious decline despite Government targets to improve the environment in a generation, according to the Natural Capital Committee. The report …

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