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Scientific assessment and evaluation of the indicator “Ecological Footprint“

The Ecological Footprint has proven one of the most successful indicators for communicating the concept of environmental sustainability and the physical limits of our planet. In the past decade the Ecological Footprint has developed into one of the most important measures for resource use in production and consumption at the international level and it is used by a large number of institutions for...read more

Chemicals, Waste | Resources, Soil | Land, Agriculture

Veterinary Medicinal Products in Manures and Manured Soils:Development of a Technical Protocol for Laboratory Tests

- The Manure Project -

After the administration of veterinary medicinal products (VMP) in livestock husbandry, parent compounds and metabolites are excreted by production animals via urine and feces. In loose housing stables with slatted floors, the excrements are transferred to the manure aboveground silos or underground pits. After the storage of manures up to several months, they are applied to farmland or grassland...read more

Climate | Energy

Greenhouse gas burden sharing within the European Union

An Evaluation of the Triptych Approach

In 1997, at the United Nations conference on climate change hosted in Kyoto, Japan, the European Union committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8 per cent in the period from 2008 to 2012, with 1990 as baseline. The EU members agreed to reduce their emissions jointly under consideration of their different national circumstances in a burden sharing agreement. The basis for this agreement is a...read more

Climate | Energy

Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies in Developing Countries through the Clean Development Mechanism

The utilisation of renewable energy sources is, alongside measures to improve energy efficiency, the central pillar of sustainable energy systems. The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) sets incentives for the dissemination of low-emission technologies and practices in developing countries and should therefore be able to help to overcome some of the barriers that impede the increas...read more

Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

Operational Manual on the Implementation of EWFD

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Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

River Basin Management Plan

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Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive in Bulgaria

Structure of a River Basin Management Plan for the Danube-River-Basin

The German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety has given advisory assistance to the Republic of Bulgaria preparing the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). The advice was given in the context of the EU-Pharesupport programme („Phare-Twinning-Projects“) during a two-year german-bulgarian twinning- project. One objective of the project covered t...read more

Climate | Energy

Climate protection in Germany: 40% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2020 compared to 1990

Recent forecasts indicate serious hazards for our economies, the stability of ecosystems and sustainable development. A global temperature rise of 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels appears to be the very most that can be tolerated. In order to achieve this 2°C target, the current industrial nations with their very large per-capita emission levels will even have to cut their greenhouse gas emis...read more