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Greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2018
Indicator | 22 July 2020In 2018, greenhouse gas emissions were 2.7% lower than in 2017, a decrease of 5.1 Mton CO2 equivalents. Emissions in 2018 were 15.1% lower than in 1990. The target for 2020… more
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Ozone layer, 1980-2019
Indicator | 3 July 2020The 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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Red List Indicator, 1995- 2019
Indicator | 1 May 2020Between 1950 and 1995, many species native to the Netherlands became endangered to some degree. Since 2005 the number of endangered species increased slightly. However, a… more
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Farmland birds, 1915-2018
Indicator | 17 March 2020Changes 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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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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Exceedance of critical loads for nitrogen deposition on nature, 1995-2016
Indicator | 2 March 2021The average nitrogen deposition on terrestrial ecosystems in the Netherlands has stabilised in recent years. However, across large areas of different ecosystems the deposition… more
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Ecosystem quality and trends in nitrogen availability, 2017
Indicator | 2 March 2021In many ecosystems the environmental pressure from nitrogen deposition is still too high. In forest, open dune and heath ecosystems in particular, conditions almost everywhere are… 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