1. Effecten van verplaatsing van agrarische ammoniakemissies: verkenning op provinciaal niveau
- Author
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Heuberger PSC, Aben JMM, Pul WAJ van, Dam JD van, LLO, and CIM
- Subjects
luchtkwaliteit ,nirtrogen ,ammoniak ,vermesting ,ruimtelijke optimalisatie ,kritisch niveau ,nox ,ammonia ,deposition ,air quality ,acidification ,landbouw ,verzuring ,natuurgebieden ,over fertilization ,stikstof ,nh3 ,nature areas ,emission ,emissies ,depositie ,agriculture - Abstract
Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen is one of the most important threats to nature areas in the Netherlands. At a large scale the critical loads for nitrogen are exceeded to a great extend. Ammonia emissions from agricultural activities contribute over 50% to the nitrogen deposition in the Netherlands. For nature areas, this contribution can be even higher because agricultural areas are often situated close to nature areas. This offers special opportunities for (sub) national policy makers to reduce the large nitrogen loads at a local scale by relocating ammonia emissions. In this study the ammonia emissions are relocated in such a way that nature areas are maximally protected given a national emission ceiling. This is carried out by minimising the exceedances of the critical loads for nitrogen for the nature areas and taken into account the atmospheric deposition of nitrogen from other sources and countries. This optimisation is carried out at a spatial scale of 1x1 km2. For the ammonia emissions for 2010 (93 kton) an optimisation of the distribution of the emissions leads to a reduction in the accumulated exceedances of about 30-40%. The percentages of the nature areas that is protected against the atmospheric deposition of nitrogen increases from 30% to 40-50%. An outlook for 2030 shows that the reductions in the accumulated exceedances are 40-60% but that the percentage of protection is increased by only a few percent. The results are highly dependent on the assumptions made about the development of the agricultural practice. The effect of these relocations is used in the evaluation on whether local measures are effective compared to generic measures in reducing agricultural ammonia emissions.
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- 2007