A protected nature area will be established in South Lolland, equivalent to around 60 football pitches, near the vast new Femern Belt Link tunnel project. The park will be a rewilding project on agricultural land – a form of land transition that the Danish government has recently begun incentivising as part of its progressive new green tax agreement.
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency issued a warning to nature photographers on Monday that using food to lure wild wolves into the ‘perfect picture’ is “dangerous”, as it makes the animals bolder around humans. In 2023, there were a total of 57 wolf attacks on livestock, up from 32 in 2022, and 16 in 2021.
The air quality in Denmark’s four largest cities has improved over the past year, after the introduction of ‘environmental zones’ where driving a diesel car without a special particulate filter results in a fine.