On May 22, 2024, the consortium of environmental organisations in the Netherlands launched the National Dashboard
Biodiversity
. This online dashboard provides an overview about the current state of the Dutch environment and shows whether nationally determined goals for restoring biodiversity in 2030 are being obtained.
The 14 goals that guide biodiversity restoration are divided into four different themes: improving biodiversity, protecting and expanding nature, decreasing pressures on biodiversity, and stimulating systemic change. Based on these themes, the developers selected previously defined
indicators
. Most indicators show that biodiversity is not improving enough to obtain the 2030 goals, such as the ecological quality of
water
. A few of the indicators are showing positive developments, for instance in the increase of nature areas in the country.
The National Dashboard Biodiversity can be accessed via: https://dashboardbiodiversiteit.nl/