OUR VISION

Systemic change

& legal

innovation

01. Systemic change

One third of Flemish surface waters exceed the nitrate threshold and more than 90% of waters contain too many nutrients. Flanders aims to restore only 15 of its 195 surface water bodies to good status by 2027, while the European Union requires all water bodies to achieve good status by that date. The Flemish nitrogen emissions program reveals that more than 80% of Flemish habitats are in poor conservation status.

These obligations stem from the Nitrates Directive, the Water Framework Directive and the Habitats Directive respectively. The objectives set by these directives are not being met, and in some areas, Flanders is even falling further behind.
 
Dryade uses the power of the law to reverse this trend.

OUR MISSION

Dryade uses the power of the law to protect nature.

02. Legal innovation

The law can either drive societal change or hold it back. What was once a legal innovation has now become the norm. The driving force of the law transforms social consensus and rewrites the social contract.
 
Conversely, the law can slow down societal change and can hinder progress.
These dynamics illustrate the power of law. Dryade acts on both fronts: we channel the positive force of the law towards the recognition of the rights of nature, and we break down the status quo and the barriers that hinder change.