Wageningen World 03 2021 (in English)

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More life in streams and ditches The ditches, streams, lakes and rivers of the Netherlands are returning to a more natural state. And yet the biodiversity in the country’s freshwater still comes nowhere near the European norms, partly because of unnatural banks and fertilizers and pesticides from agriculture. ‘There is rarely any point in tackling one problem on its own.’ TEXT ASTRID SMIT PHOTO MARCEL VAN DEN BERGH


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