The number of bankruptcies declined by over 14 percent in 2008 relative to the previous year. The number of personal and one-person business bankruptcies declined considerably, but the amount of...

The quality of flora in the Dutch countryside deteriorated in the period 2000-2007. Vegetation such as brambles, catch weed, creeping thistles and stinging nettles have increased and displaced other...

The number of business failures declined further in 2007 to just under 8 thousand, a decrease by 13 percent relative to 2006.

Contribution to Joint UNECE/EFTA/SSCU Meeting in Kiev, 3-7 July 2007Globalization remains a highly debated issue

In 2006, the number of bankruptcies declined for the first time since 2000. Last year 9,200 bankruptcies were filed, a decrease by 9 percent on 2005.

The Netherlands had a population of 16.3 million on 1 January 2005. In 2004 the population increased by just 34 thousand. In 2003 the increase was twice as high. Such a low growth rate has not been...

Over 9 300 bankruptcies were pronounced in 2004. This is 7 percent more than in 2003. The increase occurred mainly among natural persons (private individuals with or without single-owner company)....

Ecosystem services are the benefits generated by ecosystems in the Netherlands that contribute to the economy and to other human activity.

These are the nonmaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation and aesthetic experiences

The condition or quality of an ecosystem is measured with the aid of a set of ecological key indicators, which relate to both the system’s ecological condition and its capacity to supply ecosystem...

Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms and the ecosystems of which they are part.

The entire area of the Netherlands is categorised into a number of ecosystem types.

Humans and the economy are highly dependent on the natural environment and the corresponding provision of products and services.