Netherlands fallacy

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The Netherlands fallacy refers to an error

environmental impacts of the Netherlands and other rich nations are contained within their national borders.[1]

developed nations
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Such an approach may lead to incorrect assertions such as the environmental impact of a particular developed country is reducing, when a holistic, international approach suggests the opposite. This may in turn support over-optimistic predictions toward the improvement of global environmental conditions.[2]

The Netherlands has had a huge impact regarding leaving water footprints across the world. The Netherlands has made this footprint by importing water from other countries, leaving increasingly scarce regions. Water footprints of a country can come from either water resources used internally or resources that are outsourced. Dutch consumers have left most of their water footprint through agricultural goods and industrial goods.[3]

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  1. ISSN 1462-9011
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  2. ISBN 978-0-671-68984-1
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  3. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.07.014
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