The National Ecological Network of Netherlands Map
The Dutch government decided in 1990, following a multi-year research programme, to develop a National Ecological Network that could provide the long-term basis for ecological sustainability throughout the country. Given the scale of the initiative, establishing the network is a long-term enterprise, with full implementation scheduled for 2018.
The National Ecological Network as originally adopted in 1990 was an “oversized” indicative map of core areas, nature development areas and corridors. It is the task of the 12 provinces to delineate the precise boundaries of the network. This will be done using 132 habitat and landscape types for which minimum aggregate total areas have been fi xed at the national level. The final network is intended to cover about 730,000 hectares, or 17.5 percent of the Dutch countryside.
The realization of the ecological network requires cooperation between a wide range of stakeholders: national, provincial and local governments, protected area managers, water authorities, farmers, foresters, other land owners and business.
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