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Desirable Tourism: Capitalising on Opportunities in the Living Environment

How can we manage balanced growth in inbound and domestic tourism in the Netherlands, with the economy, local communities and the living environment being viewed as interacting elements?

September 2019

Desirable Tourism

Rli advice ‘European Agricultural Policy: Working Towards Circular Agriculture’

The Council’s advice focuses on the possibilities for using the CAP to support the transition to circular agriculture.

May 2019

‘flower-rich field margins enhance biodiversity’ - Photo: Lilian Pruissen

European Agricultural Policy

Aviation Policy: a new approach path

In this advisory report, the Council considers whether a new approach is possible in aviation policy and, if so, whether it will lead to a change in the principles that underpin national policy and to new policy options

April 2019

Aviation Policy

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Safe handling of hazardous substances in the physical environment

There are concerns about hazardous substances being used in and emitted to the physical environment. Is the system of regulations and policies on chemicals, products and the environment sufficiently effective to dispel these concerns?

February 2020

Plastic whale in the Catharijnesingel (a canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht), positioned opposite the Tivoli Vredenburg music centre. This whale was constructed from 5 tonnes of plastic litter found in the ocean near Hawaii and was designed by StudioKCA (photograph by Evert-Jan Pol)

Safe handling of hazardous substances in the physical environment

Common Agricultural Policy 2021-2027

What possibilities do the proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy offer for supporting the transition to a resilient and robust circular agriculture?

June 2019

photo: ‘flower-rich field margins enhance biodiversity’, photographer: Lilian Pruissen

Common Agricultural Policy 2021-2027

Tourism in relation to the human environment

Tourism policy is traditionally aimed at attracting tourists and creating more facilities. Tourism and recreation offer interesting perspectives for the Council’s advisory work, on account of the strong growth of this sector and the resulting increasing burden on the human environment.

Expected date of publication: third quarter of 2019

Tourists in Madurodam at the Binnenhof

Tourism in relation to the human environment

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