This page lists the policies relevant to the De Wieden site at a global, european, national and local levels. The different policies are categorised using the Classification shown below. Further information about each of the categories can be found below as a list of sub-categories and by clicking the More information can access the different geographical levels of policies with the links associated to each of them.
| Peatland Policies Classification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Biodiversity Includes: Restoration, Conservation, Protection, Site Management, Habitats & Species, Habitats & Species and Wetland Buffer. More information...Please Select
|
Climate Action Includes: Carbon Management, Carbon Credits, Climate Resilience, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. More information...Please Select:
|
Energy Includes: Renewable Energy and Sustainable Transport More information... |
Community & Culture Includes: Access to nature, Physical & Mental Health & Wellbeing, Cultural Heritage, Indigenous Peoples, Livelihoods Historic Environment and Archaeology. More information... |
||||||
|
Environmental Quality: Includes: Water, Indigenous Peoples, Water & Soil Use and Management and Air & Soil Quality / Pollution levels. More information...Please Select:
|
Land Use Includes: Agriculture, Paludiculture, Horticultur, CAP, Spatial Planning, Land use change, Ownership and Nature-based solutions. More information...Please Select:
|
Research & Applied Sciences Includes: Evidence-based Research, Experiments and Innovation, Data Collection, Monitoring and Data Sharing, Knowledge-sharing, Education and Training. More information... |
Economy Includes: Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital Value, Sustainable Economics, Employment, Tourism and Rural Development More information...Please Select: |
||||||
| Policy Name: | 4th Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention (2016-2024) | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2016 -2024 | |
| Abstract: | - | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/documents/library/4th_strategic_plan_2016_2024_e.pdf |
| Policy Name: | Convention of Ramsar | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 1971 onward | |
| Abstract: | - | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/documents/library/current_convention_text_e.pdf |
| Policy Name: | The Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2009 onward | |
| Abstract: | Europe is home to more than 500 wild bird species. But at least 32 % of the EU's bird species are currently not in a good conservation status. The Birds Directive aims to protect all of the 500 wild bird species naturally occurring in the European Union. | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32009L0147&from=EN |
| Policy Name: | The Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 1992 onward, amended last in 2013. | |
| Abstract: | The Habitats Directive ensures the conservation of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal and plant species. Some 200 rare and characteristic habitat types are also targeted for conservation in their own right | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:01992L0043-20130701&from=EN |
| Policy Name: | The Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000/60/EC) | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2000 onward, amended last in 2014. | |
| Abstract: | The directive establishes a framework for the protection of inland waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwaters.. | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&from=EN |
| Policy Name: | Regulation EU 2018/841 on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2018 onward | |
| Abstract: | The regulation recognises the role of wetlands in storing carbon and reaching emission targets. | |
| Classification: | Land Use | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&from=EN |
| Policy Name: | Nature Conservation Act | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2015 Onward | |
| Abstract: | In the Netherlands nature is protected in different ways. Many areas are part of the Dutch Nature network (previously called ‘ecological main structure’), Natura 2000, National Parks and/or National Landscapes. These areas are being protected by different laws and regulations. This is mainly determined by the type of nature present in these areas. This can be rare species, but more often it is about the entire living environment (the ‘ecosystem’) in which species are living together. Besides this, specific rules exist for certain important ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, large water bodies and coral reefs (in the Caribbean part of the Netherlands). Most relevant is the Nature Conservation Act. | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://nl.chm-cbd.net/en/policy-biodiversity-netherlands/conservation-management-natural-areas/nature-conservation-act |
| Policy Name: | The Natural Way Forward | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2014 - 2025 | |
| Abstract: | Our natural environment is of great value to people, not only in the form of protected nature reserves in or outside the Netherlands, but also the nature close to home, in towns and cities and in the countryside. Species richness is an important component of this natural environment, important not just in our own country but globally too, as we would like to pass on this richness to future generations. For this, the economy needs to be interwoven with the diversity of nature in a sustainable way: nature must be placed at the heart of society. This Nature Vision outlines how the government, in partnership with provincial authorities, wishes to shape the role of nature for the public interest over the next fifteen to twenty years, building on the ideas existing in provincial and municipal communities, businesses and civil society organisations | |
| Classification: | Biodiversity | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://nl.chm-cbd.net/en/policy-biodiversity-netherlands/government-vision-2014-english |
| Policy Name: | Climate Agreement | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2019 Onward | |
| Abstract: | The government’s central goal with the National Climate Agreement is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands by 49% compared to 1990 levels. At a European level, the government is advocating a 55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Should such a target prove unfeasible within the EU, the Netherlands will strive to achieve more ambitious agreements with like-minded North-Western European countries than the allocation assigned to countries by the EU. Because the outcome of the international talks is not yet certain, the goal ultimately established for 2030 may differ from the 49% the government currently has in mind. A meaningful step was taken by the European Council on 20 June 2019, with a large majority of Member States endorsing climate neutrality for 2050. | |
| Classification: | Climate Action | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.klimaatakkoord.nl/documenten/publicaties/2019/06/28/national-climate-agreement-the-netherlands |
| Policy Name: | Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2021 - 2030 | |
| Abstract: | The Energy and Climate Plan addresses all five dimensions of the EU Energy Union: decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security, internal energy markets and research, innovation and competitiveness. The plan establishes the following objectives : 1) reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with renewable energy and energy saving; 2) combating climate change with a climate-neutral electricity system. The limited availability of renewable sources in the Netherlands is an important point of concern. Since the Netherlands is located along the coast and the wind is relatively strong, this offers potential for wind energy on land and offshore; 3) a transition to an emission-free mobility system that involves sustainable energy carriers (electricity, biofuels and green hydrogen); 4) homes and other building will be made more energy-efficient in a sustainable transformation of the built-up environment; 5) to promote a robust and sustainable agriculture which adopts a more efficient approach to raw materials and the environment. | |
| Classification: | Climate Action | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/implementation-eu-countries/energy-and-climate-governance-and-reporting/national-energy-and-climate-plans_en#final-necps |
| Policy Name: | Klimaatwet (Climate Law) | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2022 Onward | |
| Abstract: | Framework for developing policy aimed at irreversibly and step-by-step reduction of Dutch greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming and climate change. | |
| Classification: | Climate Action | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0042394/2022-03-02 |
| Policy Name: | Long term strategy on climate mitigation | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2019 Onward | |
| Abstract: | The preparation of a national long-term strategy follows a European agreement laid down in the Governance Regulation (EU 2018/1999, Article 15). Each Member State is required to use this national strategy to describe how it will contribute towards meeting the goals in the Paris Agreement. The strategy must also state what the Member State will contribute towards the European goals in the long term in order for the EU to achieve climate neutrality as soon as possible and arrive at a highly energy-efficient energy system based largely on renewable energy sources. | |
| Classification: | Climate Action | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/lts/lts_nl_en.pdf |
| Policy Name: | Strategy for tackling excess nitrogen | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2021 Onward | |
| Abstract: | Amendment to the Nature Protection Act to address nitrogen reduction programmes. | |
| Classification: | Environmental Quality | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2021-140.html |
| Policy Name: | Draft National Water Programme 2022-2027 | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2022 - 2027 | |
| Abstract: | The Netherlands is a land of water. The challenges relating to water are extensive and will only become greater in the future. To keep our country safe, attractive and viable for our future generations, the National Water Programme 2022-2027 (NWP) was developed. This NWP describes the general national water policy and management of the national waters and waterways. Regarding water policy, the NWP is an elaboration of the new National Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment (NOVI). Important parts of the NWP are the river basin management plans, the flood risk management plans and the North Sea Programme 2022-2027, which are included as legal appendices. | |
| Classification: | Environmental Quality | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.platformparticipatie.nl/nationaalwaterprogramma/ontwerp+nwp/relevante+documenten+nwp+ontwerp/HandlerDownloadFiles.ashx?idnv=2000965 |
| Policy Name: | National Forest Strategy | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2020 - 2030 | |
| Abstract: | In this Forest Strategy, we, as the national government and the provinces, indicate what our aim is for forests in the Netherlands up to 2030. At the beginning of 2020, we formulated our ambitions and goals for the Forest Strategy. We further elaborated these and formulated actions to achieve the goals and ambitions. This has led to this detailed Forest Strategy before you. | |
| Classification: | Land Use | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://nl.chm-cbd.net/en/policy-biodiversity-netherlands/conservation-management-natural-areas/national-forest-strategy |
| Policy Name: | National Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | - | |
| Abstract: | The Netherlands is faced with huge challenges that influence our physical living environment. These complex challenges that include urbanisation, sustainability and climate adaptation, are closely interwoven. This complexity calls for a new, integrated work approach that enables us to accelerate and improve the way in which we make choices for our living environment. National government is taking the lead in tackling the shared challenges, by setting a course, and taking control in successive cooperation between public institutions and between public and private bodies. The National Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment (NOVI) represents a joint approach that will result in a sustainable perspective for our living environment. Such a perspective is essential if we are to achieve our objectives, and is a shared responsibility of government and society. | |
| Classification: | Land Use | |
| Language: | English | |
| Link to Document: | https://novistukken.nl/english/default.aspx |
| Policy Name: | Sowing and Harvesting - everyone matters, everyone participates | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2022 - 2026 | |
| Abstract: | In this agreement we lay the foundation for the next four years. A foundation on which we want to build. Together with everyone involved in our municipality. Along with all council members, residents, entrepreneurs, education, social institutions, sports and cultural associations. Together, young and old, rich and poor, whether or not with a disability, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Everyone matters and everyone participates! | |
| Classification: | Economy | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.gemeente-oldambt.nl/coalitieakkoord |
| Policy Name: | Connect, Strengthen, Renew | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2019 - 2023 | |
| Abstract: | The province of Groningen has many involved and active residents, who make a substantial contribution to their own residential and living environment. That is something to cherish. We are actively committed to improving support for government policy at any level of government. In a changing world, the government is increasingly collaborating with residents, entrepreneurs and civil society organisations, who count on a government that is transparent, reliable and role-aware. The coming term of office therefore calls for an administrative style aimed at restoring trust. And connecting people and organisations, with an eye for the human dimension. At the same time, this requires awareness of one's own powerful role. This says something about the way in which we act, how we structure our organisation and how we as a provincial government relate to other levels of government. | |
| Classification: | Economy | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.provinciegroningen.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Documenten/Downloads/Downloads_2019/Coalitieakkoord_GL_PvdA_CU_VVD_CDA_D66_2019-2023_Verbinden_Versterken_Vernieuwen.pdf |
| Policy Name: | Working together on our Future | |
| Publication Date: | - | |
| Application Date: | 2021 - 2026 | |
| Abstract: | Our mission is to realise a future-proof and liveable Eemsdelta. We do this with guts, ambition and enthusiasm for our residents, companies, institutions and visitors. We are going to work on our strategic assignments and want to make the best and efficient use of the development opportunities offered by, for example, the National Program Groningen (NPG). We do this together with our residents and therefore use knowledge from society. Initiatives from our residents are appreciated and we offer space for ideas and proposals. We strive for an inclusive society in which everyone participates and thus want to prevent some of the people of the municipality of Eemsdelta from missing out. We cherish the different identities and regional qualities of the special landscape in our new municipality. We have characteristic centres and our area is characterised by a rich cultural history; from the port city of Delfzijl, the cultural- historical Appingedam, the vastness of Loppersum and the many villages in our new municipality. | |
| Classification: | Economy | |
| Language: | Dutch | |
| Link to Document: | https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjDmu-33Mv6AhV1xwIHHRCjCYsQFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Feemsdelta.bestuurlijkeinformatie.nl%2FDocument%2FView%2F7c1a855a-63be-49a6-a711-a21e964f2447&usg=AOvVaw1qWF_PW7v9lHB4EgWsUw5U |