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The ecosystem unit map delineates ecosystem units in the Netherlands

Energy companies generated more electricity in 2009. As a result, CO2 emissions have grown relative to 2008 and to cover the increase, energy companies have to buy extra emission rights.

This publication contains information on internationalisation in the Netherlands. Exports and imports of goods and services, export earnings, value chains, multinationals and investment are covered...

CO, VOC, NOx, PM10 Vehicle category, year of construction

Annual average concentrations of particulate matter (PM10) in urban areas are decreasing since the year 2000.

Between 2000 and 2016, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) caused by Dutch business activity fell by more than 41 percent, while GDP increased.

Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 Life below water. SDG 14 is aimed at protection and sustainable use of seas and oceans.

In 2006, one in forty people in the Netherlands lived in areas where the concentration of fine particles in the air was too high. High concentrations of fine particles can damage people’s health.

Number of holdings, crops, cattle and workers by type of holding (dsus) and regions

Production and income growth are not necessarily accompanied by a rise in well-being.

The quality of flora in the Dutch countryside deteriorated in the period 2000-2007. Vegetation such as brambles, catch weed, creeping thistles and stinging nettles have increased and displaced other...

Last year, 2 percent of corn, bulbs and turnips in the Netherlands were grown on organic farms. Organic crop yields are (much) lower than traditionally grown crop yields.

In 2007, there were 109 thousand full-time jobs in the environmental sector, an increase by 25 percent relative to 1995.

The largest gas field in Europe was discovered near Slochteren (Groningen) on 29 May 1959, this gave natural gas a vital role in the Dutch energy supply.

The total asparagus-growing area in the Netherlands has increased substantially since 2008 by 450 hectares (18 percent) to more than 2,900 hectares.

Last year, 70 percent of dairy cows were grazed, approximately the same proportion as in 2011. In the period 2001-2011, the proportion declined by a few percent almost every year.

Last year greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were 5 percent up from 2014.

According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands, renewable energy constituted 5.6 percent of total Dutch energy consumption in 2014. This is substantially more than the 4.8 percent of 2013...

The National Energy Outlook outlines the current state of the Dutch energy system in an international context.