Natura 2000

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Beachgoers vist Zandvoort aan Zee on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. 7 June 2023
PoliticsTechNature
Netherlands plans new Natura 2000 coastal bird protection from Zeeland to Groningen
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Lelystad Airport, 5 November 2025
BusinessTechNature
Commercial flights from Lelystad Airport will take another decade, experts think
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
PoliticsTechNature
Farm buyout scheme could have been €1.5 billion cheaper and 3x more effective
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A fisherman catching fish with a cast net.
Business
Shrimp fishers leave industry as buyout scheme reduces fleet
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Elk and deer in the Oostvaardersplassens nature reserve in Flevoland. July 2020
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Revised Dutch land use plan scales back protections for nature and agriculture
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A sooty copper butterfly seen in the Drentsche Aa, a national park in Tynaarlo, in 2016
Crime
Researcher at butterfly foundation threatened over pesticide report
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European wolf pups
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Court orders Dutch government to immediately protect wolves on the Veluwe
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Farmers and local authorities propose new plan to break nitrogen emissions deadlock
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Hot air balloons
PoliticsBusiness
Wind turbines, solar panels making hot air balloon flights complicated
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Gasunie's nitrogen installation near the village of Zuidbroek in Groningen
PoliticsNature
Gov’t under fire for plans to halve nitrogen emissions by 2035 instead of 2030
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Sunset over the North Sea from Ameland, Friesland. June 2020
PoliticsBusinessTechNatureCultureLifestyle
Ameland and Terschelling may regain nighttime watertaxi service under proposed trial
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Group of ants on piece of food
Nature
Huge colony of potentially dangerous ants between The Hague and Wassenaar
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Pigs at a meat plant
PoliticsBusinessNature
Netherlands gets EU go-ahead to buy out major nitrogen emitters in agriculture: report
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Cows in a stable
BusinessNature
Agriculture emissions hardly decreased in recent years
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Picture of de Veluwe
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Construction projects around protected nature reserves up 90 percent in 5 years
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An inverted Dutch flag and a sign reading, "The nitrogen policy sucks, please get your things from the neighbors," in Broek in Waterland about opposition to the nitrogen policy. 30 June 2022
TechNatureScience
Netherlands' nitrogen targets must be higher: international scientists
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Herd of cows
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Nature organizations also won't budge in nitrogen negotiations with Dutch gov't
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Empty shelves at an Albert Heijn in Amsterdam after farmers blocked access to distribution centers, 5 July 2022
CrimePoliticsBusinessNature
Nature reserve destroyed in farmer protest; Grocers lose millions in revenue
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Tractors leaving Den Haag after a farmers' protest, 16 Oct 2019
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch to cut nitrogen levels by up to 70% in many areas; Tractor protest set for June 22
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Oil and gas drilling rig
BusinessNature
Gas drilling in Wadden Sea can be blocked by refusing permit: Think Tank
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Windfarm and migratory birds
TechNature
Concerns over plans to build windmills around protected nature reserves
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Zwolle IJsselcentrale
Nature
Advisory Board slams gov't nitrogen target; seeks 50% cut by 2030
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Walking path in Dwingelderveld
Nature
Over 30 pesticides found in Drenthe nature reserves
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Parliament in the Netherlands at night
Politics
Dutch senate approves emergency nitrogen reduction plan during noisy tractor protest