Nature protection and biodiversity - Drivers and pressures (Belgium)

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The related key drivers and pressures on nature protection and biodiversity in Belgium

Topic: Nature and biodiversity

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Key message

Land conversion, fragmentation, artificialisation, eutrophication, acidification, climate change and invasive alien species are the most prominent drivers behind the loss of biodiversity in Belgium.

Land conversion, fragmentation and artificialisation - whether for urban and industrial expansion, agriculture, infrastructure or tourism - are among the major causes of biodiversity loss in Belgium. This topic is treated elsewhere, under commonality topic land use.

Other key drivers and pressures such as eutrophication, acidification, climate change and invasive alien species are discussed in this section with regional indicators and figures on the subject. Additionally, high recreation pressure – especially in the Brussels-Capital Region - is also an important driver of biodiversity loss in Belgium^¹, but is not discussed in the current analysis.

1 National Focal Point of Belgium for the Convention on Biological Diversity (2009), p15.