Guidance Biodiversity and protected species
Index section Biodiversity and protected species
- Subsection Guidance The extent of biodiversity
- Subsection Guidance Threats of species and biodiversity
- Subsection Guidance Recovery of biodiversity
- Subsection Guidance Reintroductions of species
- Subsection Guidance Exotics
- Subsection Pest Species
- Subsection Guidance Protected species
Introduction
This chapter gives an overview of the biodiversity in the Netherlands and the changes involved. The focus is on the number of species in the Netherlands, the international significance of certain species, threats and recovery of species and the increase of exotics.
In addition this chapter deals with the trends in numbers of species of species protection plans and the Habitat- and Birds directives.


