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Buy 500 to 600 large nitrogen emitters within one year

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News from the NOStoday, 11:55Modified today, 13:19

The cabinet must ensure that 500 to 600 large livestock farms and other nitrogen emitters near vulnerable natural areas stop within a year. This is one of the recommendations of the nitrogen broker Johan Remkes. In recent months, he has been speaking to farmers, administrators and others involved in the nitrogen crisis.

Remkes calls the shutdown of the so-called “peak loaders”, the large nitrogen emitters near Natura 2000 areas, “the least evil way” for substantial nitrogen reduction. He wants to bet as much as possible on a generous voluntary acquisition agreement. But if there isn’t enough enthusiasm for it, it can mean companies are forced to stop.

Remkes also writes that for the moment he does not want to let the year 2030 go. He wants to see if nitrogen reduction can be achieved anywhere in two moments, in 2025 and 2028. He believes it should still be possible to decide to take more time in some cases for “imperative substantive reasons”. Political considerations shouldn’t play a role in this, he points out.

There has been a lot to do for “2030” lately. The government wants nitrogen emissions to be halved by that year. This is what the four coalition parties agreed in the coalition agreement. But farmers think that year is not feasible and want the deadline to be postponed by five years. In an interview with the CEO said the leader of the board of directors Hoekstra in August, despite the coalition agreement, that 2030 is not sacred.

Remkes wants a vision of the agricultural sector

Remkes further says that the controversial nitrogen map, presented by Minister Van der Wal in June, must be abandoned. That card caused a lot of unrest. He also believes that the critical deposition value (kdw), which measures the maximum amount of nitrogen that can end up in a nature reserve, should eventually disappear from the law.

He also wants a real insight into what the Netherlands wants to do with the agricultural sector in the future. The criticism of many farmers is that the government has so far failed to offer them the promised prospect. He sees a future with fewer farms. He also believes that “new forms of agriculture” must be pursued, more in line with the needs of climate, animal welfare, water, soil, health and culture.

He does not think his report will be enthusiastically received by the agricultural sector, by nature organizations or by the cabinet. But he wants to tell the honest story and which, according to him, is that the nitrogen measurements have been carried out for too long and that too much nitrogen is still being emitted.

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