Signal National Nature Network behind schedule but adding nature land

Summary

The report states that the National Nature Network is running behind schedule, but that more land has nevertheless become available for nature. The network is credited with helping to expand the area laid out as new nature. The report presents this as one of the clear results of intensified nature restoration efforts. In the same context it records that the number of species in the Netherlands has grown by 13 percent since 1990 and that improved water quality has brought back freshwater animals such as the otter. The report explains that, beyond policy initiatives, many small-scale and private biodiversity initiatives strengthen ecological networks, especially on farmland, and raise public support for nature.