The area is under water during winter: Still, 60 new summer houses are to be built here now.

Water flows over the meadows in Græm Kær during winter.

The place is located low, and according to neighbors, it is a suitable example of the wetlands that the government plans to return to nature on a large scale.

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> It seems there is no connection between local political decisions and the national goal.

> Lars Roesen, neighbor to Græm Kær

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Nevertheless, Holstebro Municipality still holds a plan to build 60 new summerhouses right there.

The summerhouses are to be built on elevated platforms, and the area around Græm Kær is to be supplied with deep drainage to prevent flooding. Otherwise, water simply flows into the summerhouses.

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> We will build 60 new houses in a place where there is water during winter. I simply can't see that as sustainable, says one of the critics, Lars Roesen, who lives nearby.

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At its last meeting before the summer break, Holstebro Municipality's economic committee decided to move forward with the plan.

This contrasts with messages from the government's green coalition about the need for more nature restoration. For instance, 140,000 hectares of agricultural land are to be converted and re-established as wetlands.

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> It seems there is no connection between local political decisions and the national goal, he says.

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1 / 2 Water flows over the meadows in Græm Kær, and therefore, the 60 summerhouses are to be built on raised building sites.  (Photo: © Sean Kelly Christensen - DR News) 1 / 2 The plan is to build the summerhouses in the traditional thatched-roof style, which is familiar to many in the area. (Photo: © Sean Kelly Christensen - DR News)

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Tourism lacks summerhouses

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However, Venstre's member of Holstebro Municipality's economic committee Kenneth Tønning believes that restoration can take place elsewhere. For there is a need for more summerhouses in the area, he explains.

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> ... Therefore, we need summerhouses, so we can also attract more guests.

> Kenneth Tønning, (V), member of the economic committee, Holstebro Municipality

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Many of those who own a summerhouse in West Jutland and along the West Coast do not rent them out. Therefore, we need summerhouses, so we can also attract more guests, he says.

Kenneth Tønning states that he supports the green coalition and nature restoration.

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> But in Holstebro Municipality, we have elected politicians who have chosen that it doesn't have to be Græm Kær. For that area fits well into other plans to bring more summerhouse guests to our part of the country, he says.

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The only opponent to the project in the municipality's economic committee is Karsten Filsø from the Social Democrats.

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> I think we should restore and care for the landscapes where it makes real sense. And that's the case in Græm Kær. So, we should build summerhouses on the fertile land in the background. They can be there nicely, he says.

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It is the owners of Græm Kær who have applied to the municipality for permission to build summerhouses.

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The green coalition

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The green coalition presented recommendations for the challenges facing the agricultural sector in terms of climate and nature.

It consisted of seven parties: The Government, Agriculture and Food, Danish Nature Protection Association, Food Industry Association NNF, Danish Metal, Danish Industry, and the Association of Danish Municipalities.

Based on this, politically, a green agreement has been reached. Key points include:

* The introduction of a CO2 tax on land agriculture's biological processes. It will be 120 kroner per ton CO2 from 2030 and will rise to 300 kroner in 2035.

* Support for planting forests on 250,000 hectares of agricultural land by 2045.

* Support for extracting 140,000 hectares of low-lying land by 2030.

* Land purchases with the aim of reducing nitrogen emissions.

* The establishment of a fund of 40 billion kroner for the initiatives.

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