Biodiversity trends in Europe: development and testing of a species trend indicator for evaluating progress towards the 2010 target
This paper presents a trial of a species population trend indicator for evaluating progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target in Europe, using existing data.
Potential of biomass energy out to 2100, for four IPCC SRES land-use scenarios
The availability of the resources is an important factor for high shares of biomass to penetrate the electricity, heat or liquid fuel markets. We have analysed the geographical and technical potential…
Scenario's voor huishoudensontwikkelingen in Nederland
In de afgelopen vier decennia is het aantal huishoudens toegenomen van 3,2 in 1960 tot 7 miljoen in 2003. Het kleiner worden van de gemiddelde huishoudensgrootte, ook wel bekend als…
Ecology: the convention on biological diversity's 2010 target
Governments are often accused of responding only to short-term and parochial considerations. It is therefore remarkable that representatives of 190 countries recently committed themselves at the…
Surface N balances and reactive N loss to the environment from global intensive agricultural production systems for the periode 1970-2030
The results indicate that the overall system N recovery and fertilizer use efficiency slowly increased in the industrialized countries between 1970 and 1995, the values for developing countries have…
The Netherlands is “well known” for its nitrogen problems; it has one of the highest reactive nitrogen (Nr) emission densities in the world. It is a small country at the delta of several large…
Ozon en klimaat: het ene gat met het andere dichten?
Sommige vervangers van stoffen die de ozonlaag afbreken, bevorderen het broeikaseffect. Het beperken van deze bijwerkingen is echter goed mogelijk. Dat blijkt uit een rapport over de relatie tussen…
Stromen van water en stoffen door de bodem en naar de sloten in de Vlietpolder
Het RIVM heeft onderzoek gedaan naar de uit- en afspoeling van meststoffen naar bodem en oppervlaktewater in het veenweidegebied Vlietpolder. De hoeveelheid nutrienten die bodem en water mag belasten…
In the past 30 years world production of ruminant meat and milk has increased by about 40%, while the global area of grassland has increased by only 4%. This is because most of the increase in…
Exploring changes in world ruminant production systems
In the past 30 years world production of ruminant meat and milk has increased by about 40%, while the global area of grassland has increased by only 4%. This is because most of the increase in…
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