Ammonia regulations near nature areas in Denmark and the Netherlands compared

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“…In the Netherlands, the national government came up with the Programmatic Approach to Nitrogen (Bouwma et al, 2018). The goal of this integrated policy program is to ensure that the European nature objectives are achieved, while at the same time leaving room for economic development (Luesink and Michels, 2018). General emission abatement and site-specific management and restoration measures create room for deposition, which can be used to permit livestock farms (Luesink and Michels, 2018;Schoukens, 2017).…”

“…The goal of this integrated policy program is to ensure that the European nature objectives are achieved, while at the same time leaving room for economic development (Luesink and Michels, 2018). General emission abatement and site-specific management and restoration measures create room for deposition, which can be used to permit livestock farms (Luesink and Michels, 2018;Schoukens, 2017). Flanders, the region of Belgium that neighbors the Netherlands to the south, came up with its own Programmatic Approach to Nitrogen, which includes specific restrictions to farms that contribute a high share of the nitrogen deposition in relation to the critical load.…”