The Netherlands needs healthy water, thriving agriculture and vibrant nature—but increasingly, these goals compete for the same land and water. RESOLVE will develop practical ways to break this standstill and create landscapes where people, farming and nature can thrive. Researchers will combine knowledge about water, land, nature and society and test new approaches in real-life Dutch landscapes. Local stakeholders will help develop and improve these approaches, ensuring they work in practice. RESOLVE is distinctive because it connects local learning with national change. Researchers, farmers, water and nature managers, policymakers and communities will work together across the knowledge chain.

RESOLVE is led by NIOO professor Lisette de Senerpont Domis. Milo de Baat, Arie Vonk and Elisabeth Krueger from IBED are involved.