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Aerius does not accept smaller nature reserves
Revised information about protected habitat and nature areas that is supplied to the Aerius calculator of the RIVM can only lead to the conservation or enlargement of these areas.
This is reported by outgoing minister Schouten in response to questions from various political groups in the House of Representatives† Nature areas that have been drawn in too large can therefore no longer be adapted. "Revised maps are useful to Aerius if the areas of protected habitat types and habitats have not decreased," she writes. According to her, the reason is that it must be prevented that 'the deterioration ban would indirectly not be enforced by using a new card'.
According to the minister, habitat maps are periodically reassessed. "A habitat map is updated once every 12 years
completely revised and partially revised every 6 years, if according to the
leader because of new inventory data." A designated area cannot therefore become smaller, says the minister.
Pioneers
Habitat maps are drawn up and updated by so-called pioneers, (administrative) organizations that own the largest
to represent in an area.
The PVV faction in the House of Representatives notes that quite a few errors were identified in the registration of areas last winter and asks whether they will be repaired. According to Minister Schouten, part of that still has to be done, but some errors are not errors, in her opinion. According to Schouten, there is a confusion of concepts, for example where the nature target type for an area and the management type are confused.
Klaas van der Horst
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