Umweltbundesamt
The Federal Environment Agency’s mission is to provide sciencebased advice to the German Government. The Agency’s core activities include early identification of problems, identifying current or foreseeable environmental impacts as well as potential environmental issues and develop solutions to face these hazards. - Why Environmental Protection is a Global Concern - Water – Ecologically Sound ... read more
Achermann B, Bobbink R (ed) (2003) Empirical Critical Loads for Nitrogen. Proceedings of an Expert Workshop. Berne, 11–13 November 2002. Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL). Berne, Switzerland 7_achermann_2003_empirical_critical_loads_for_nitrogen_-_proceedings_expert_workshop_bern.pdf
Konfliktkonstellationen und daraus entstehende Risiken zum Thema ‚Rohstoffkonflikte‘ sind vielschichtig und komplex. Dieser vierte Bericht untersucht daher Ansätze verschiedener Akteursgruppen und aus unterschiedlichen Politikfeldern zur Risikominimierung von Rohstoffkonflikten. Dabei baut er auf den die Berichte 1 – 3.4 der Studienserie auf. So wurden im ersten Bericht Konfliktrisiken aus der... read more
Excessive reactive nitrogen affects the air and groundwater quality, the good condition of land and marine ecosystems, as well as the climate and biodiversity. Different economic and consumer sectors release different nitrogen compounds, which are connected to one another via the nitrogen cycle. In order to raise public awareness to the complex problem situation and sensitivity for urgent poli... read more
Water is a vital and limited resource. There are legal provisions on its sustainable management, designed to protect waterbodiesas an element of the ecosystemas a basic necessity for human lifeas a habitat for animals and plants as a usable commodity.The tasks of water resource management are manifold and diverse, and the regulatory framework is equally extensive. read more
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
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