Voortgang realisatie nationaal natuurbeleid : technische achtergronden van een aantal indicatoren uit de digitale Balans van de Leefomgeving 2016

The Dutch government is, together with its partners, taking measures to create a coherent network ofprotected nature areas and to improve environmental conditions. This in order to halt the decline in the areaof natural habitat and biodiversity and to improve their conservation status. The Government wants to stayinformed on the progress of this policy. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) has selectedindicators that should provide answers to the question: ‘What is the progress of the policy measures taken,especially for realising the nature network, improving the nature quality and the environmental conditions aswell?’ The selected indicators have been updated and analysed in order to assess this progress. This reportdescribes the results of the policy measures taken on the basis of the indicators, the technical setting of thedata and methods used to bring these indicators up to date and the reliability and acceptability of it