Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Economy | Consumption

Environmental Effects of Businesses and Organizations

Their assessment and evaluation for environmental management

Your balance sheet shows that energy consumption is down, and the emissions of dust particles have declined as well during the past few years. On the other hand, you find that considerable quantities of water are still being consumed, despite your efforts to reduce them. Should your company now focus on the water problem?read more

Economy | Consumption

Indicators for the development of sustainable tourismin the Baltic Sea Region

 In conjunction with the implementation process of the Baltic 21, the Agenda 21 for the Baltic Sea Region, the Umweltbundesamt Berlin has asked the Institute for Tourism and Recreational Research in Northern Europe (N.I.T.), Kiel, to develop a system of indicators for the development of sustainable tourism that could be used by local and regional levels of planning. read more

Water

Environmental Quality Objectives for Hazardous Substances in the Aquatic Environment

Environmental quality criteria are established and used in most industrialized countries to determine whether organisms, public health or materials are jeopardized by hazardous substances. The criteria are determined by means of different methods, however, depending on the legal context and individual national characteristics. This paper compares and analyses different methods used to derive quali...read more

Waste | Resources, Agriculture

EU-Workshop: Monitoring of Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants

A EU-Workshop of the German Federal Environmental Agency

The German Federal Environmental Agency had commissioned the Federal Environment Agency of Austria to organise the EU-Workshop “Monitoring of Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants” taking specifically into account Annex VII of the amendment to the EU-Directive 90/220/EEC. The European Commission (DG Environment) as well as the German Ministry for Environment,  Nature Conservation an...read more

Chemicals, Water

Trend methods for the assessment of effectiveness of reduction measures in the water system

In order to prevent a considerable deterioration in the detectability of time trends in riverine loads as a result of fluctuations in the runoff quality, an adjustment whereby the entry data are recomputed into an 'average' runoff level appears inevitable.read more

Climate | Energy

Requirements of climate protection with regard to the quality of ecosystems:Use of synergies between the Framework Convention of Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity

The report identifies synergies and conflicts in the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ramsar Convention on the protection of wetlands and the international forest process. Interlinkages between climate change and biodiversity conservation are discussed at the scientific and the policy level.read more

Waste | Resources

Strengthening the institutional/regulatory capacity in the environment sector in the Czech Republic

Final Report

The aim of the Twinning project was to strengthen the institutional structures and the regulatory capacity of the Czech authorities, which are involved in the enforcement of environmental law, and to prepare them to implement and enforce EC legislation. In particular, it was necessary to strengthen and update the competence of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (CEI) as the competent national en...read more

Economy | Consumption

ISO 14001 in Germany

A Survey of German Experience

A revision of the ISO 14001 environmental management systems standard is currently being negotiated internationally. The revision process seeks to integrate the practical experience and results gained by the users of the standard. Pertinent reports and case studies are available from many countries outside of the European Union. Within the context of the planned revision, the German experience is...read more