Steeds minder groen en steeds meer bebouwing in Nederland

steeds minder groen en steeds meer bebouwing in nederland

Foto ter illustratie.

De oppervlakte van natuur- en bosgebied in Nederland is tussen 2013 en 2022 afgenomen met bijna 2,5 procent, ofwel met 158 vierkante kilometer. Dat is vergelijkbaar met 1,5 keer de oppervlakte van Den Haag. Tegelijkertijd nam de hoeveelheid bebouwd gebied juist toe, namelijk met 3,4 procent ofwel met 277 vierkante kilometer.

Dit maakt het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) bekend.

Agrarisch gebied nam af

Ook de hoeveelheid agrarisch gebied in Nederland nam af, met 0,9 procent, ofwel 178 vierkante kilometer.  Natuur- en bosgebieden veranderden vooral in bebouwd of agrarisch gebied.

In de periode tussen 2013 en 2022 verdween in totaal 131 vierkante kilometer aan natuurlijk grasland, verdween er 36 vierkante kilometer bosgebied en 21 vierkante kilometer aan duin- en kustgebieden verdween.

De hoeveelheid heide- en stuifzandgebieden nam wel toe, met 15 vierkante kilometer. Dat geldt ook voor moeras- en veengebieden.

Landelijke verschillen

In de provincies Zuid-Holland en Friesland nam de oppervlakte natuur- en bosgebieden het meeste af, met respectievelijk 60 en 44 vierkante kilometer.

In Drenthe, Overijssel, Noord-Brabant en Limburg kwam er in de periode 2013 tot en met 2022 juist meer natuur- en bosgebied bij.

In 2022 was ruim 45 procent van de oppervlakte van Nederland agrarisch gebied. Een kwart van Nederland bestond in dat jaar uit akker- en tuinbouwgebied. Meer dan 20 procent van Nederland was in 2022 ‘bebouwd gebied’. Natuur- en bosgebied nam bijna 16 procent van de oppervlakte van Nederland voor zijn rekening.

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