Junior farm minister Jean Rummenie is planning to set aside tens of millions of euros to save the black tailed godwit, dubbed the Dutch national bird, whose number has been plummeting due to intensive farming methods, RTL news has reported. Rummenie, a minister on behalf of the pro-countryside BBB, is currently working on a package of measures to shore up …
In a tidal mudflat along coastal Alaska, two Bar-tailed Godwits were preparing for their long migratory journey. “Did you know that a new world record was set last year?” asked Rusty, swallowing a big fat mollusc. How will you ever reach New Zealand?” “That’s our super power,” chuckled Rusty. We can feel the Earth’s magnetic field and it helps us …
National and provincial government have still not worked out how to finance a conservation plan for the black tailed godwit, a meadow bird which has been dubbed a Dutch national symbol, Trouw reported at the weekend. The 2.5 year failure to agree means that €68 million in European subsidies remains unused while the number of godwits continues to decline, the …
Decades of conservation plans and millions of euros in subsidies have failed to prevent the decline of the black-tailed godwit, according to Dutch government auditors. Farmers received €33.4m in 2020 for measures to protect meadow birds such as the godwit, known as ‘grutto’ in Dutch, up from €4.2m in 2001. The national audit office singled out the black-tailed godwit because …
