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Wetlands (Ramsar-gebieden)
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Wetlands are areas that the Netherlands has notified under the Ramsar Convention as wetlands of international importance, chiefly because of their significance for waterbirds. The notification obliges central government to maintain the ecological characteristics of the site, but has no separate permit system of its own: in practice, protection runs through the Natura 2000 status that virtually all Ramsar sites also hold. The boundary does not coincide exactly with Natura 2000, so check both layers.
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Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) via PDOK — CC0 1.0
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Quickscan
What a consultant checks first: Natura 2000, National Parks and Ramsar wetlands, the public-law restrictions from the Wkpb register, rijksmonumenten, beschermde stads- en dorpsgezichten and World Heritage, the flood defences with their protection zone from the legger, and the province's water abstraction areas, groundwater protection areas and boringsvrije zones. The omgevingsplan and the Natuurnetwerk Nederland are missing here; for those, consult the Omgevingsloket and the provincial omgevingsverordening.
Nature
For the quickscan natuur and the natuurtoets: the Natura 2000 sites split by Habitats Directive and Birds Directive, so that for each site you can see under which directive the conservation objectives apply, together with the Nationale Parken, the Ramsar wetlands and, at sea, the fisheries measures in the North Sea. The Natuurnetwerk Nederland is not yet available as a national layer; consult the provinciale omgevingsverordening for that.