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2025: the year in review for Rijkswaterstaat International
News overview
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Precision work on the Eastern Scheldt Barrier
A large part of the Netherlands is below sea level. Which is why we work hard to protect against high water levels. How do we work together to ensure this?
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Thirty years of defragmentation: from conference to world-wide network
Thirty years ago, we organised the first international conference on habitat fragmentation. Today, Hans Bekker tells us what that conference grew into.
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NATO summit: from fears for traffic gridlock to a smooth operation
On 23 June the first governmental aeroplanes landed for the NATO summit. Tessa Mulders leads the crisis-management department and tells us how that went.
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Charging hubs for electric trucks prove their potential, but scaling-up demands collaboration
After over a year of practical research, Rijkswaterstaat is publishing the first Living Lab Heavy-Duty Charging Hubs interim report.
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‘Water is life: we must remember that’
Drought makes our environment vulnerable, sees climate specialist Reinier van den Berg. He calls for radical choices to safeguard our future.