Comments by "JBird" (@jbird4478) on "The Netherlands seems to be 'sliding into dictatorship': Rowan Dean" video.

True. We have certain "natural" areas where vegetation grows that fairs well with less nitrogen in the soil, because otherwise it would be overgrown by other plants that favor more rich soil. This whole thing to reduce nitrogen is meant to preserve those "natural" areas. I put "natural" between quotation marks because in reality every inch of land in the Netherlands has been cultivated at some point and there's really nothing natural about those areas. They've picked some arbitrary point in time and decided that's how "nature" should stay. They call these areas Natura 2000 areas. That's what this plan officially is about. It has nothing to do with climate change as they say here on Sky News.
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@MG53v8 That depends on the type of vegetation. With more nitrogen you'll typically get more grass and weeds, and that can be a problem for other plants, not the nitrogen itself. The limits that have been set also vary per area for that reason. We have lots of areas with heath for example and the limits there are very strict because that would otherwise quickly be outgrown. The situation is a bit upside down. Nitrogen is a nutrient for plants and makes the soil more fertile, but they are trying to protect the natural landscape of less fertile soil. Our prime minister even went so far to say the plantlife would otherwise become "lazy".
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