Nature and environment

Nature and environment

1. Frog and toad populations on the increase in the Netherlands
2. Annual costs of nature management nearly one billion euro
3. Higher decline rates for meadow bird populations
4. Train pollutes least
5. Emission of greenhouse gases still increasing
6. Household waste rising again
7. More well-insulated houses
8. Fewer cars scrapped, export of second-hand cars on the increase
9. Use of green electricity growing
10. Less waste water, improved treatment
11. Slight increase in nitrogen and phosphates in animal manure
12. Birds tend to breed earlier in the year
13. Mineral surplus in agriculture drops sharply