Guidance Nature and environment

Index section Nature and environment

• Subsection Habitat fragmentation
• Subsection Eutrophication and acidification
• Subsection Water draw down
• Subsection Hazardous substances
• Subsection Climate change

Introduction

Environmental factors can have a large influence on the state and development of nature. The environmental factors are being described in the Environmental Compendium.

What causes species to decline or prosper is often a complex of factors, so unless targeted research is done, it is often difficult to identify the exact causes. This is why the causes given in the Nature Compendium are so often qualified as "possible" or "probable".

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium

• Environmental themes

Relevant information outside of the Environmental Data Compendium

• Examples of climate change can be found at (only in Dutch): http://www.natuurkalender.nl/