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More nitrogen, phosphorus and heavy metals discharged in treated water

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Greenhouse gas emissions down in the first quarter of 2026

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More freshwater biodiversity since 1990, decline in fens and raised bogs

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A quarter of businesses deploy ICT to use materials sustainably

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Increase in greenhouse gas emissions in 2025

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More excess nitrogen due to poor harvest, but less nitrogen in manure

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Greenhouse gas emissions virtually unchanged in Q3 2025

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Use of pesticides in agriculture down by over 20 percent since 2020

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Large differences in water consumption between neighbourhoods on Bonaire

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Lower greenhouse gas emissions in Q2 2025

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Emissions of air pollutants already meet 2030 standards

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Most solar panels installed at commercial premises

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Data visualised

Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals 2023

MBW en SDG's 2026

Well-being 'here and now': environment

Monitor of Well-being and SDGs Caribbean Netherlands

Publications

Integrated Analysis of Natural Capital Accounts

View on a wood from a tower

Dutch smart energy meters and tourism in the Netherlands

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Chlorophyll-a Trends in OSPAR Assessment Areas: Applying and Evaluating a New Statistical Approach

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The Caribbean Netherlands in Numbers 2025

Impact of climate change on economic development

Environmental impact of the tourism sector

Statistical combination of different types of chlorofyll-a measurements in the Dutch North Sea

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The Caribbean Netherlands in Numbers 2024

Decomposition of Changes in Primary Abiotic Resources in the Netherlands, 1996-2022

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Setting up a new register for biocide sales in the Netherlands

Dutch Trade in Facts and Figures, 2024

The Netherlands in numbers, 2024 edition

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In-depth articles

What can we ask respondents in terms of data donation?

Statistical combination of different types of chlorofyll-a measurements in the Dutch North Sea

SEEA-EA Ecosystem Condition Account 2012-2021

Publishing and interpreting data from the monetary SEEA Ecosystem accounts

Index Decomposition Analyses on changes in CO2 emissions

Structural changes in material flows, 1950-2020

State space methods for official statistics and climate modelling

Cover, Multivariate State Space Methods for Official Statstics and Climate Modelling, Caterina Schiavoni

Integrating Monetary Environmental Accounts

Arial view of the port of Rotterdam, oil tanks, containers and mineral depots

SEEA-EEA biodiversity account 2006-2013

Windmills behind sanddunes

The ecosystem service supply and use in the Netherlands

Decline in farmland flora and fauna as of 1900

Monetary valuation of ecosystem services for the Netherlands