This project concerns an analysis of recent developments regarding decentralisation in national nature policy. We see decentralisation here as a transfer of tasks. But it is a multifaceted issue. As a 'decentralised single state', the Netherlands is traditionally characterised by co-government....

This report describes the results of the Water Valuation and Pricing project, which aims to provide insight into the relevance of economics to typical problems found in irrigated agriculture. It first considers the theoretical basis for the use of economic instruments, then considers their...

The Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector has for many years endeavoured to improve its energy efficiency. In 2003, the energy efficiency index (EE Index) improved by 1 percentage point to 51%. This improvement was due to increased yields per m2 at an unchanged primary fuel consumption per m2....

This report briefly describes a number of spatial planning projects which take into account the demands of nature conservancy legislation. It identifies a number of best practices which are important for the permit procedure of the revised Nature Conservancy Act 1998. The study forms the input...

Annual overview of yields, costs and farm results of private forestry holdings with more than 5 hectares of forest, based on an accountancy network consisting of about 150 holdings. This edition contains the results for 2004 and previous years, specified by area of forest and region. In...

This project looks at the tension between area-based work and generic Dutch nature policy. Three areas were investigated: Gaasterland, De Groene Long and the Noordelijke Friese Wouden. The results show that while area-based working methods are necessary, the areas are forced to deal with an...

Nature and landscape goals are increasingly receiving a prominent place in the political debate within the EU. Governments all over the world are more and more aware that international agreements influence their national policy-making processes. The focus of this study was particularly on the...

This paper presents the possible development scenario of the Polish agricultural sector till 2020. It also assesses the impact of macroeconomic growth, CAP reforms and worldwide policies towards the agriculture on this development. The scenario is build using an extended version of the Global...