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The concept (exploratory)
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A major obstacle to the use of brackish land is the strict distinction between agricultural land and nature reserves. This is seen particularly in government policy (such as spatial planning) and in the attitude of official bodies and organizations involved.
Experiments with brackish agriculture, for example, are not possible (while it is precisely in areas outside the dikes that appropriate combinations are possible) and the brackish areas or natural landscape within the dikes are limited to spots that are marginal as far as traditional agriculture is concerned. Agriculture and natural habitats are traditionally developed in separate circuits, sooner opposed to one another than in combination.
The increase in brackishness is not only an issue for water management. The use of land in coastal areas can also be adapted to changing conditions. It is the concern of the agricultural sector and the managers of brackish nature reserves.
This project will concern itself with the opportunities available to agriculture and nature together to deal with increasing brackishness. The basic idea is that there are opportunities for using land that offer possibilities to both agriculture and nature.
This is not a concept, but an activity that may lead to concepts.
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Current situation
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| After an initial reconnaissance, the focus – in meetings with those involved in agriculture and nature preservation – was turned on a number of innovative combinations of brackish agriculture and nature reserves. The outcomes of the project will not of themselves provide any new (in the sense of as yet unknown) combinations but will reinforce and broaden the outcomes of the other two ‘brackish’ projects, namely ‘Market trends in brackish production methods’. The ‘Brackish agriculture and nature reserves’ project will not be followed up as a separate project. |
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