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Health

German Environmental Survey for Children 2003/06 - GerES IV -

Human Biomonitoring

The German Environmental Survey (GerES) is a representative population study carried out in order to determine the exposure to pollutants of the general population in Germany. The study has been conducted by the Federal Environment Agency since the mid-1980s. GerES IV is the first environmental survey to determine, on a representative basis, the body burden of pollutants in children in Germany and...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Capacity building on European Union; Environmental policy at Latvian regional and local authotities (CAP - 2)

Activities and Financial statement 1 July 2005 - 30 November 2007

The project CAPACITY BUILDING ON EUROPEAN UNION ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AT LATVIAN REGIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES (further: CAP2) is implemented at the Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF) to continue the bilateral cooperation between Latvia and Germany. The CAP2 project in Latvia is co-funded by German donors from the Federal German Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Environment North Rhine-Westfa...read more

Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

EU-Umweltgesetzgebung in den kommunalen und regionalen Selbstverwaltungen Kroatiens und Mazedoniens

Capacity building on EU environmental legislation for local and regional selfgovernment in Croatia and Macedonia -- Final Report 2009read more

Waste | Resources, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters, Soil | Land

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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