The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in large-scale restrictions in human activities globally, with drastic, sudden, and widespread confinement of people to their homes during lockdowns.

This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) describes the impacts of a proposed 54 km MTB-network on the northwest-coast of Aruba, the cumulative impacts of other visitor-groups as well as setting out some fifteen measures to mitigate the impacts concerned. The proposed MTB-network is, in theory, an improvement for the ecological environment if compared to the present MTB-network, though additional measures are needed before speaking about a ‘sustainable’ MTB-network. Sustainable development can only be achieved with a nature and visitor management plan (including MTB) for the project area as a whole, that matches the ambitions set out in Aruba’s Spatial Development Plan 2019.

This report presents the result of an online survey amongst key-stakeholders involved in the managementplanning and management of Natura 2000 sites in in England, Flanders, France and the Netherlands. Thesurvey was held in a total of 91 sites and resulted in 464 (fully or partially) completed surveys (responserate was 20%). Overall, the results of the survey indicate that perceptions of actors in the area differ amongactor groups, especially in regard to statements that measure impacts or value judgements. This resultunderlines the importance of including a broad range of stakeholders in the policy evaluations of themanagement of the area. Overall, the differences between the geographical areas are small, except on topicsrelated to the discussion between the government and involved stakeholders were a moderate differencewas found. Also the status of prior designation has a small effect on how respondents view the discussion onmanagement