Country info:Netherlands - background information

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Government organisations

  • DLG Government Service for Land and Water Management translates policy into projects that increase the quality of rural areas
  • Helpdesk Water is a coorperation of several government organisations involved in water management
  • Rijkswaterstaat is the government body that manages the large surface water bodies (rivers, Waddensea, IJssel lake & Northsee) in the Netherlands
  • Deltanatuur is a coorperation of national and local government bodies, and aims to realise 2400 ha. of new nature areas in the Dutch delta
  • The Netherlands Water Partnership is a network of private companies, government, knowledge institutes and NGOs that acts as a centre of information on water expertise, policy developments and market opportunities.

Journals

Campaigns and Charities

  • ARK links nature to economic motors

Guidelines

  • The Ecoshape guideline aims to provide its target reader groups with guidance on how to introduce the Building with Nature principles in surface water infrastructure development processes

Research

Dutch water companies

  • Vewin is the association of drinking water companies in the Netherlands