EU approves Dutch schemes to buy out livestock farmers to reduce nitrogen emissions

The EU on Tuesday said it had approved two Dutch schemes to buy out livestock farmers to reduce nitrogen deposition on nature conservation areas.

In the schemes, the Netherlands has reserved 1.47 billion euros to compensate farmers who voluntarily close their farms in the vicinity of nature reserves.

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