… Advancing REACH REACH stands for registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals Source: Umweltbundesamt The following reports are the … plan of the BMU. The project analyses various aspects of the REACH Regulation and its implementation and develops possible improvements, including possible …

… apple Source: Mikel Wohlschlegel / Fotolia Organic products are not only tasty and healthy, but their cultivation also helps the environment. Organic farming is particularly resource-efficient and based on the principle of sustainability. last update on 04.09.2025 … benefits of organic farming Organic farming is a particularly resource-efficient and environmentally friendly form of agriculture based on the principle of …

… Toward ecofriendly farming Hilly terrain with fields and forests Source: CC Vision Farming is key when it comes to conserving and protecting our natural resources. Ecofriendly farming helps to mitigate and avoid ecological damage. To do this, an adequate legal framework and green …

… Antibiotics are used on a large scale in industrialised farming. Source: Gina Sanders / Fotolia.com Pharmaceuticals, which have become a lynchpin of our high standard of living, improve our quality of life and palliate and cure human and veterinary diseases. However, pharmaceuticals need …

… Nitrous oxide and methane Cows standing on a green meadow Source: Mikhail Dudarev / Fotolia Tilling, nitrogen fertilizers and livestock farming are key sources of the greenhouse gases nitrous oxide and methane, as the statistics clearly show: in 2016 59 per cent of …

… Ammonia, dust and odour emissions Pig farming - a source of ammonia emissions … sector in Germany, but one that unfortunately generates ammonia emissions, odours and dust that are hazardous to the environment and a nuisance to persons living in … and to minimize nitrogen surpluses (nitrogen input minus plant nitrogen uptake). … Ammonia, dust and odour emissions …

… Compost and sewage sludge Wheel loader being used to turn compost Source: Tim Hermann / UBA Compost and sewage sludge contain valuable nutrients and humus substances that farmers …

… stefanthiermayer / Fotolia.com Germany’s farming sector uses the largest amount of land, but is at the same a lynchpin of our economy – one that provides a reliable food supply and produces sustainable raw materials. The farming sector also plays a key role … for terrestrial amphibians (TerAmphiTox) Methane, the underestimated greenhouse gas Flyer: Digitalisation and natural resources Tags agricultural landscape agriculture …

… water reuse Taking lysimeter cores in a field to analyze water balance and transport processes. Source: Kento Ruhl last update on 08.10.2021 In the … municipal wastewater to reduce competition for water), the decentralized treatment and reuse of domestic wastewater for the irrigation of plants is investigated in both field and laboratory experiments by seven research institutes and companies in cooperation …