The services ecosystems on the Earth providing for mankind, like the provision of (clean) water for drinking and other purposes, are under pressure. Payment for (water-related) ecosystem services, incentive pricing policies and the recovery of service costs are instruments to attain a...

In the Netherlands, the administrative law system is traditionally seen as best suited for dealing with public interest-related lawsuits. Especially in the field of environmental law, NGOs seeking to promote broader environmental interests regularly initiate judicial procedures before...

This contribution focuses on the integrated or programmatic approaches at both the European and national level, which are used as a tool to attain environmental quality standards. These approaches leave much room for flexibility with respect to the choice of measures to be adopted in order to...