| Magazin
- Ausgabe 03/2000 |
ISSN
1439-9954
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About
Nature Policy, Large Ecosystems
in a Small and Crowded Country
and the Role Large Herbivores can Play:
Challenges For Future!
von
H. Kampf, Wageningen / Niederlande
2.
Progress in the realisation of the national ecological network
The
new nature policy has existed for 10 of its anticipated 30 years. The
recently published nature policy plan, NBL21, looks both back and forwards,
at how far we have come and what we still have to do. This is all illustrated
below:
- the
existing National Ecological Network and its planned extension
- new
or intensified policy for:
- areas
within the National Ecological Network
- nature
and forests in rural areas outside the National Ecological Network
(rural nature)
- nature
and forests outside the National Ecological Network in or near cities
(urban nature)
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EXISTING NATIONAL
ECOLOGICAL NETWORK AND PLANNED EXTENSION
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Present size
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Yet to be realised
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Existing forest and
other nature areas (acquisition)
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453,500 ha
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21,800 ha
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Current policy for
extension with change of function
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151,500 ha
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104,510 ha
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Current policy
for extension without change of function
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90,000 ha
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51,090 ha
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Subtotal under current
policy
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695,000 ha
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177,400 ha
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NEW POLICY
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Expansion with change
of function (Ecologically Robust Corridors )
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37,000 ha
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37,000 ha
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Other ecological links
(financed by third parties)
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12,500 ha
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12,500 ha
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TOTAL ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
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74, 500 ha
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226,900 ha
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NATURE AND FORESTS
OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
(RURAL NATURE)
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Present size
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Yet to be realised
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Existing forests and
other nature areas
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96,500 ha
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0 ha
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Current nature development
policy without change of function (agricultural nature management)
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15,000 ha
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8,260 ha
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Current policy for
wintering and meadow birds
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30,000 ha
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8,000 ha
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Current policy for
expansion of forest and landscape
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38,400 ha
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33,050 ha
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Subtotal under current
policy
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179,900 ha
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49,310 ha
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NEW POLICY
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Provide incentive
to improve landscape quality (NBL21)
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40,000 ha
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40,000 ha
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TOTAL RURAL NATURE
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219,900 ha
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89,310 ha
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NEW POLICY FOR AREAS
OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL NETWORK (URBAN NATURE)
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Present size
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Yet to be realised
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Green areas in the
Randstad conurbation
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18,685 ha
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12,885 ha
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Green corridors in
the Randstad conurbation
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450 km
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440 km
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Green areas outside
the Randstad conurbation
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3,000 ha
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2,320 ha
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Subtotal current policy
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21,685 ha
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15,205 ha
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NEW POLICY
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Provide incentive
to improve urban landscape
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10,000 ha
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10,000 ha
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TOTAL URBAN NATURE
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31,685 ha
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25,205 ha
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TOTAL DUTCH NATURE
IN 2020 INCL. FOREST AND LANDSCAPE
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996,000 ha
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341,000 ha
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