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Rutte is advised on the state of Natura 2000
Mark Rutte (VVD), who has been nominated as a formateur by the coalition, will think and be advised about the state of nature in Natura 2000 areas and the monitoring thereof. He answered this on Thursday 16 December to questions from Caroline van der Plas (BBB) during the parliamentary debate on the coalition agreement.
Rutte reports that there is not yet a detailed nitrogen plan of €35 billion in which all details have been completed. "We have to shape that further in the coming period - with the responsible minister. Also in collaboration with the provinces, and of course the nature organizations, everyone involved."
Van der Plas wonders how the coalition will make the nature goals demonstrable and expresses her concerns: "At the moment there is no monitoring and measurement in Natura 2000 areas at all. So what could happen: every company - not just a farm - in the vicinity of a Natura 2000 area, someone in the Netherlands can fall victim to who says in court: 'Nature is deteriorating there.' And the judge will soon be able to revoke the licenses of all those companies." The politician predicts 'that there will be major problems'. Rutte says that he finds that 'a very relevant point'.
Giving away billions on nitrogen
Van der Plas continues to insist that there is no monitoring: "The PBL says so itself. They have been asking for a scientific committee for years. And I do not understand that from four parties - two of which have often presented themselves as agricultural minded - there has been no one who says: guys, we can all do that, we can give those billions away to nitrogen, but if we don't even know what exactly is the state of nature in Natura 2000, what are we actually doing? doing it?"
Rutte says that 'not an unreasonable comment at all'. "I'm going to think about this, also get advice on this specific point. But it's not that we missed something in a fully worked out nitrogen plan, because that is not ready. That is of course all work in progress that will take place in the coming years. time is taken, so I will keep that in mind."
Linda van Eekeres
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