Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems
GLOBIO and IMAGE were used to assess the impact of global change in food demand and livestock production on future rangeland biodiversity. The study shows that policies fostering agricultural…
Environmental policy evaluation: experiences in the Netherlands
Over time, the selection of environmental indicators that policymakers consider to be relevant is subject to change. The indicators preferred by policymakers are influenced by the prevailing framing…
Model-based scenarios for rural electrification in developing countries
Promoting access to modern energy forms in developing countries to replace traditional fuels is high on the political agenda. This paper describes the development and application of a global model for…
Collapse and reorganization of a food web of Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria in East Africa is the world's second largest freshwater system. Over the past century the ecosystem has undergone drastic changes. Some 30 years after the introduction of Nile perch (…
Nature policy as a controversy: The Changing political and societal context and the Nature Outlook
Since the cabinet Rutte got into office, the politization of nature policy in the Netherlands has become manifest. In this article a sketch of the situation is presented and some possible explanations…
The Nature Outlook and the role of PBL in policy processes
The Nature Outlook is one of the regular products of PBL Netherlands Environmental Agency. For the present Outlook there has been a lot of interaction between researchers and policy-makers and…
Environmentally harmful subsidies are subsidies or tax exemptions that have an unintended negative effect on nature and the environment. If the Netherlands were to focus on abolishing these…
National GHG emissions reduction pledges and 2°C: comparison of studies
This article provides further detail on expected global greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels in 2020, based on the Emissions Gap Report (United Nations Environment Programme, December 2010), assuming…
Industrial Land and Property Markets: Market Processes, Market Institutions and Market Outcomes. The Dutch Case
Outcomes of land and property markets may be understood by studying the effects of (interventions in) market processes and market institutions. Many studies have paid attention to the meaning of…
Exploration of pathways towards a clean economy by 2050: How to realise a climate-neutral Netherlands
The Netherlands is capable of achieving an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is possible by implementing a mix of reduced energy demand, use of biomass, carbon capture and…
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