Nature Management Plan 2017 Ambition Map for Agricultural Subsidies

The Nature Management Plan 2017 Ambition Map is a policy dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. It defines areas where subsidies are available for making land suitable for agricultural nature management or for improving private nature management quality. The dataset is licensed under CC-PDM-1.0 and includes files in ZIP and PNG formats.

Use Cases

• Mapping eligible subsidy zones based on the defined ambition areas.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of nature management support based on management or landscape types.
• Planning agricultural land conversion for nature management based on subsidy criteria.

Strengths

• Dataset originates from an authoritative government ministry (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).
• Includes a visual map (PNG) for spatial reference alongside compressed data files (ZIP).
• Clear purpose defined for subsidy allocation linked to specific land management types.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely defined through provincial policy planning.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely a province in the Netherlands (specific province not stated).