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Policy Papers & Briefs
June 2016

Ce document résume la consultation en ligne: Urbanisation, transformation rurale et leurs incidences sur la sécurité alimentaire Consultation en ligne sur le document de fond qui sera soumis au forum du CSA, organisé sur le Forum global sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition (Forum FSN) de…

Journal Articles & Books
April 2016

The focus of this review has been on both documenting the general resilience of many fish resources to climatic variability and its underestimation in livelihood importance, including in protracted crisis situations, but also on enhancing the potential supply of fish from dryland areas by better…

Reports & Research
March 2016

This paper summarizes the good practices by nine selected OECD countries that seek to promote responsible foreign investment in developing country agriculture, primarily by investors in their territory or jurisdiction. The study provides examples of the increasing trend of home countries in…

Peer-reviewed publication
March 2016

The urban heat island effect is often associated with large metropolises. However, in the Netherlands even small cities will be affected by the phenomenon in the future (Hove et al., 2011), due to the dispersed or mosaic urbanisation patterns in particularly the southern part of the country: the…

Legislation
March 2016

This Act reforms environmental law with special emphasis on planning. It seeks to modernise, harmonise and simplify current rules on land use planning, environmental protection, nature conservation, construction of buildings, protection of cultural heritage, water management, urban and rural…

Reports & Research
March 2016

It is widely accepted that supply of new houses in the Netherlands has become unresponsive to market conditions. Generally, high and rising house prices are related to lack of construction. Insufficient and unrensposive construction is explained by a lack of land made available for house…

Journal Articles & Books
January 2016

Classification Concepts The FAO Land Cover Classification System software is due to be released in its third version, and with it come four supporting volumes. The first of these is Classification Concepts, which lays the foundation for an understanding of the Land Cover Metalanguage (LCML)…

Journal Articles & Books
January 2016

The Land Tenure Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access flagship journal of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Land Tenure Journal, launched in early 2010, is a successor to the Land Reform, Land Settlement and…

National Policies
December 2015

This National Water Plan provides the broad outlines, principles and direction of the national water policy of the Netherlands for the 2016-2021 planning period, with a projection towards 2050. It also concerns related aspects of spatial policy. The National Water Plan lays down the central…

Reports & Research
December 2015

De kadasterwet stelt dat er elke drie jaar een audit moet plaatsvinden op de kwaliteit van de authentieke gegevens van de Basisregistratie Kadaster In 2015 heeft Alterra voor de tweede maal deze audit uitgevoerd d.m.v. interviews en literatuurstudie. Dit rapport bevat de bevindingen en…

Reports & Research
December 2015

A feasibility study has been worked out for an integrated advisory system for precision agriculture on the production of forage (grass and maize) for dairy farming in the Netherlands. Technology is not restrictive anymore to apply precision agriculture on important cultivation measures. It is…

Journal Articles & Books
December 2015

Winnaar van de wedstrijd Topbodem, editie 2014-15, Hans Akkermans probeert alles te doen om zijn bodem in topconditie te houden. Toch merkt hij dat de normen voor fosfaat de ruimte beperken om aan duurzame bodemvruchtbaarheid te werken. Voor een goed saldo neigt hij naar intensievere teelten,…