Rotterdam Harbour Looks to Rabbits to Help with Expansion - DutchNews.nl
The plan would add plants and insects to dune habitats as permits remain stalled over nitrogen pollution, officials said.
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Rabbits to help reduce nitrogen enough for Rotterdam port to grow again
The government has allocated €50 million to a nature restoration plan that should allow the Port of Rotterdam to grow again. Bunnies are set to play an important role in this plan to restore nature around the port area enough to take on some nitrogen deposition again without deteriorating, allowing companies with expansion plans to get construction and nature permits as early as next year, Rijnmond reported.
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The governments involved in the port of Rotterdam have made a plan with which they expect to be able to issue permits to port authorities again early next year. They are taking measures to improve four Natura 2000 areas around the western port area. The cabinet already set aside 50 million euros for this purpose last year. For example, the population of rabbits in the dunes must increase considerably, because, according to experts, those animals…
The port of Rotterdam must get rid of the “nitrogen lock” and will receive 50 million euros from the cabinet for this. This must be paid for nature restoration next year, so that construction and other permits can be issued again. The industrial expansion of one of the largest and most modern ports in the world must be saved by, among other things, the release of rabbits, the control of exotic plants and insects, and the reduction in the number …
THE HAGUE (ANP) - The governments involved in the port of Rotterdam have made a plan with which they expect to be able to issue permits to port authorities again early next year. They are taking measures to improve four Natura 2000 areas around the western port area. The cabinet...
The Port of Rotterdam must be freed from the 'nitrogen lock' and is receiving 50 million euros from the cabinet to do so. This must be used to fund nature restoration next year, so that building and other permits can be issued again.
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