Adima pleads with municipalities to provide hiding space in the lawns

Minister of Agriculture Piet Adema is developing guidelines for municipalities and counties to come up with innovative solutions for setting up shelters on livestock paddocks. This guide can help governments strike a good balance between animal welfare, culture and nature.

The importance of shelters on pasture against extreme weather conditions has always been a focus of the government. He said it was a complex issue Letter to Parliament. This is also because it is the municipality that decides to grant permits to erect shelters on lawns, with each municipality having its own policy.

According to Adema, many municipalities in the Netherlands impose strict shelter restrictions to protect the cultural or nature landscape. He believes that because of the special interest in heat, there is now more focus on this topic. Not only is the minister assisting in discussions between interested parties, but he is now also providing guidance on rangeland sheltering to municipalities and governorates. He points out that there is a concrete need here from these parties.