Nature and environment

Nature and environment

1. More brambles and nettles in Dutch countryside
2. Greenhouse gas emissions higher than Kyoto figures suggest
3. Storage capacity for animal manure substantially increased
4. Dutch use less water
5. Further reduction greenhouse gas emissions
6. Approximately half of reintroduction programmes successful
7. Hefty increase in sales of biofuels
8. One in forty people in the Netherlands exposed to too high levels of fine particles
9. More cars exported, fewer dismantled
10. No recovery for wild mushroom population
11. Increasing amount of nitrogen removed from sewage water
12. Dramatic increase in amount of pesticides used by municipalities
13. Bird population declines in urban areas