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Red List Indicator, 1995- 2022
Indicator | 17 May 2023Since 1995 the number of endangered species increased slightly. However, a noticeable reduction in levels of threat was identified. … more
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Trend fauna- all species monitored- Living Planet Index Netherlands, 1990-2021
Indicator | 29 March 2023The Living Planet Index of the Netherlands has increased with 2.2% since 1990. The trend has decreased over the past twelve years. … more
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Ozone layer, 1980-2022
Indicator | 21 March 2023The thickness of the ozone layer has decreased by 5% worldwide during the last 25 years, with most depletion taking place between 1980 and 1990. Since the early 1990s, it has… more
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Membership of Dutch private nature conservation organisations, 1989-2021
Indicator | 16 February 2023In 2021 the combined membership of the four biggest nature conservation organisations rose to 1,746,416. This is an increase of 4.9% over the figure for 2019. In 2021… more
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Farmland bird indicator, 1915-2021
Indicator | 16 February 2023Changes in agricultural practices have caused a significant decline in breeding birds typical of agricultural areas in the Netherlands, starting from the early 20th century. … more
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Spatial conditions of the national ecological network, 2021
Indicator | 19 October 2022The increase in the area of new nature since 1990 has improved the size and connectivity (spatial conditions) of terrestrial ecosystems in the Netherlands. However, a considerable… more
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Nature and Landscape Index
Indicator | 18 October 2022The Nature and Landscape Index (Index NL) indicates the presence and locations of types of natural and semi-natural areas in the Netherlands and is the basis for the provincial… more
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Landscape openness
Indicator | 18 October 2022The most open areas in the Netherlands are the large water bodies, the northern marine clay and peat areas and the IJsselmeer polders. The most enclosed and small-scale landscapes… more
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Ecosystem quality and trends in nitrogen availability, 2020
Indicator | 14 October 2022The environmental pressure from nitrogen deposition has reduced since the 1990s. The area of terrestrial ecosystems where nitrogen deposition leads to poor environmental conditions… more
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Realisation of the national ecological network- land acquisition and conversion, 1990-2018
Indicator | 14 October 2022On 1 January 2021 the area of land acquired for realising the national ecological network (including land for which the designated land use has been changed) had increased to more… more
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Angling in the Netherlands, 1990-2020
Indicator | 20 September 2022In 2020 almost 700,000 active anglers were members of an angling club in the Netherlands and holders of the national fishing permit. The Covid-19 restrictions led to a significant… more
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Ecosystem goods and services in the Netherlands, 2020
Indicator | 17 January 2022Dutch society uses a variety of goods and services provided by ecosystems. Although Dutch ecosystems make a valuable contribution to meeting the need for the sustainable provision… more
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Habitat defragmentation measures for infrastructure, 2018
Indicator | 11 November 2021At the end of 2018, of the 176 ecological barriers identified and selected in the Multiyear Habitat Defragmentation Programme, 126 had been removed and 40 partly removed by taking… more
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Ecosystem quality (area) 1994-2017
Indicator | 10 November 2021An indicator of the quality of ecosystems is the presence of qualifying species in protected natural areas. Almost 40% of the area of terrestrial ecosystems has a moderately high… more
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Ecosystem quality and trends in soil pH, 2018
Indicator | 10 November 2021In many ecosystems soil quality in terms of soil pH is good. But soil pH in parts of natural and semi-natural grasslands, open dunes and marshland is not yet within acceptable… more
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Ecosystem quality and trends in groundwater-dependent ecosystems, 2018
Indicator | 10 November 2021Natural areas where groundwater levels are too low are classified as moderate to bad; the conditions in these areas are not suitable to support the desired level of ecological… more
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Conservation status and trends in species and habitat types under the Birds and Habitats Directives, 2013-2018
Indicator | 10 November 2021About 90% of the habitat types in the Netherlands have an unfavourable-bad to unfavourable-inadequate conservation status. About a quarter of the Habitats Directive species have a… more
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Quality surface water, 2019
Indicator | 14 January 2021Most water bodies do not meet the quality requirements as laid down in the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). The chemical quality is in most water bodies insufficient. The… more
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Number of threatened and extinct species in The Netherlands, by 2020
Indicator | 10 November 2020Officially assembled Red Lists show that many Dutch plant and animal species are threatened with extinction. … more
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Waste generation and treatment, 1985-2018
Indicator | 10 November 2020More and more waste is being recovered or incinerated, while less and less is being sent to landfill sites. 61 million tons of waste was generated in 2018 (excluding contaminated… more
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Waste generation and treatment by sector, 1990-2018
Indicator | 6 November 2020The amount of waste generated in 2018 was 61 million tons (excluding contaminated soil, dredged spoils and animal manure). Nearly 93% of the waste generated was recovered; less and… more
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Wind energy capacity, 1990-2019
Indicator | 8 September 2020In 2019 Dutch wind energy capacity (4,5 thousand megawatts) increased by 2% compared to 2018. … more
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Renewable energy use, 1990-2019
Indicator | 8 September 2020The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption increased from 7.4 percent in 2018 to 8.7 percent in 2019. According to the EU Renewable Energy Directive, the Dutch share… more
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Land use in the Netherlands, 2015
Indicator | 8 January 2020The Netherlands is a green country, with more than four fifths of its surface area used for recreation, agriculture, woodland and nature. However, land use varies greatly from… more
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Nitrogen deposition, 1990-2018
Indicator | 9 January 2020Nitrogen deposition, averaged over the Netherlands, totalled 1,730 mol nitrogen per ha (mol N/ha) in 2018. Deposition has therefore decreased by 36% since 1990. Since 2005 the… more
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Road traffic: volume trends and environmental pressure, 1990-2018
Indicator | 27 September 2019Implemented measures resulted in a decrease in emissions of particulate matter and nitrogen oxides since 1990, despite an increase in the number of vehicle kilometres. Carbon… more
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Trends in ecological quality, 1994-2017
Indicator | 14 January 2021Since 1994 the average ecological quality of all types of terrestrial ecosystems has declined. This decline has now been halted. In recent years, the average ecological quality of… more
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Measures for migratory fish, 2018
Indicator | 19 April 2018The construction of dams and pumping stations means that fish migrating from the sea or the major rivers are only able to reach a part of the streams and polder water areas. Fish… more
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Dutch biodiversity footprint, 1990- 2010
Indicator | 5 August 2016The total Dutch biodiversity footprint increased by 11 percent between 1990 and 2000 and has decreased since then. Compared to 1990 the footprint in 2010 increased by 5 percent.… more
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Regional economic growth, 2014
Indicator | 6 July 2016Excluding the sector mineral extraction, the Dutch economy grew 1.6 percent in 2014, following two years of contraction. Economic growth including mineral extraction was only 1.0… more
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Effects of climate change on cold and heat-loving species, 1990-2013
Indicator | 10 March 2015The number of cold-loving species has been reduced in recent years, but the number of heat-loving species has grown. Numbers of temperature-neutral species have remained more or… more
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Unoccupied dwellings, 2013
Indicator | 26 September 2014On 1 January 2013, more than 390 thousand homes in the Netherlands were unoccupied. This is 5 percent of all housing in the country. Four percent of one-family houses and eight… more
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Visibility and influence of landscape appreciation by wind turbines, 2012
Indicator | 2 March 2021Land-based wind turbines in the Netherlands are visible from about one-fifth of the country's surface area, and affect the public's appreciation of the landscape. The size of the… more