From 18 July onwards Flanders Environment Agency (VMM) will investigate the salinization of the groundwater in coastal- and polder areas in Flanders. The investigation will be taken airborne, as all the information required will be collected during helicopter flights.
Societal systems are more and more reaching their limits: we face the important challenge of meeting both our present and future needs within the capacity of our planet. In the new MIRA publication "System Balance 2017", we examine to what extent the energy, mobility and food systems in Flanders are in environmental balance and what system changes are needed.
Day after day, we are working together with you on tomorrow's environment. Our new look presentation brochure includes some useful tools that will help you nicely along your way.
Commissioned by MIRA, VITO developed a prototype or blueprint for a 'system dynamics model for Flanders'. A system dynamics model captures the dependencies between the state variables that drive the dynamic behaviour of a system. This allows to calculate different combinations of scenarios and policy choices in a consistent manner, and to determine the medium- and long-term impact to be determined.
Flanders is meeting many of the European air quality targets, for the first time also for particulate matter. Nonetheless, further efforts are needed for even better protection of public health. This can be read in the new report 'Air Quality in the Flemish Region in 2014'
Water, air and the environment. These are the three domains in which VMM is active.
Flanders Environment Agency (VMM) covers three main areas: water, air quality and climate (adaptation).
