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Mogelijkheden voor geïntegreerd stikstofbeleid
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ECN
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1-5-1999
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ECN-R--99-003
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Other
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20
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Abstract:
Nitrogen is a very important and useful element in the environment. Muchof our life would not function optimally without the availability of a
certain amount of nitrogen in reactive form. However, every system has its
own optimum nitrogen need. In the case that the nitrogen availability exceeds
this optimum, a cascade of effects might occur, depending on the time and
extent that the optimum is exceeded. There appears to be a big gap between
the targets and the current nitrogen levels in the Netherlands. It seems to
be impossible with current measures to reach the targets, which are set to
prevent the occurrence of negative effects to drinking water, human health
and nature. The tuning between the different measures is insufficient. The
discovery of the gap in ammonia emissions and the hypotheses for the reasons
of this gap show that measures can be counterproductive. Furthermore, they
show that an integrated analysis of the disturbance of the whole nitrogen
cycle is needed. In order to develop an integrated nitrogen policy, it is
necessary to decrease the pool and limit the production of nitrogen in
reactive form. 18 refs.
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