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Documentation of the activities within the framework of the completion of the CRF for the 2003 submission to the UNFCCC

The ministry of VROM is obliged to report the Dutch emission data for greenhouse gases to the EU (European Union's Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism) and the UNFCCC ( United Nation's Framework…
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Nature Balance 2003

More than 80% of the Dutch environmental and nature policy in the Netherlands is laid down in Brussels. Implementation of this policy is, however, causing conflicts with Dutch policy, as seen, for…
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Are we on track? Assessing the dynamics of European sustainable development

Are we on track? Assessing the dynamics of European sustainable development
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In search of sustainability. What can we learn from the past?

The last decade the words sustainability and sustainable development have gradually become a modern equivalent of and complement to the Declaration of Human Rights which inspired so many people…
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Rural Land Markets; a spatial explanatory model

Rural land markets are complex and heterogeneous markets, in which many actors and factors affect land prices. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of rural land markets by developing a…
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Environmental Quality and Human Well-being. Outcomes of a workshop

In April 2002 an international workshop on environmental quality and human well-being was held at Utrecht, the Netherlands. The workshop was aimed at obtaining consensus on basic principles and…
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Radiative forcing by anthropogenic surface albedo change from 1750 to 1990

A radiative transfer model was used within a GCM to simulate the global shortwave radiation budget with natural vegetation cover and with the vegetation estimated for 1750, 1850, 1900, 1950 and 1990
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Exploration of the ranges of the global potential of biomass for energy

This study explores the range of future world potential of biomass for energy. The focus has been put on the factors that influence the potential biomass availability for energy purposes rather than…
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Habitat conversion and global avian biodiversity loss

The magnitude of the impacts of human activities on global biodiversity has been documented at several organizational levels.
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Enviromental impacts of high-speed rail links in cost-benefit analyses: a case study of the Dutch Zuider Zee line

Since 2000 it has been formally required in the Netherlands to evaluate major infrastructure projects according to a standard manual. Here the focus is on its application to the Zuider Zee line, a…
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