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Decline in farmland flora and fauna as of 1900

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cbs.nl

Publication Date
2020-02-13

Farmland flora and fauna in the Netherlands have gone through substantial changes over the past century. Since 1900, plants on arable fields have declined by 35 percent; grassland butterflies by 80 percent, and characteristic birds of open farmland by 85 percent.

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https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/background/2020/06/decline-in-farmland-flora-and-fauna-as-of-1900