Ecological corridors, connecting science and politics: the case of the Green River in the Netherlands

Summary During recent decades, the ecological corridor has become a popular concept among ecologists, politicians and nature conservationists. However, it has been criticized from a scientific point of view. In this paper we question why this concept has been accepted so readily in policy and practice. We present a conceptual framework to analyse the rise of the concept, especially in the Netherlands. We have studied the Dutch literature from the period 1980–2005, including the main ecological journal Landschap ( Landscape ), policy documents and reports from the leading Dutch policy‐orientate... Mehr ...