… RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains Now as before, there are … BAU-I-5 ). Nowadays, protection from flood events is covered by the German Water Resources Act in accordance with specifications contained in the regulations laid …

… BO-R-1: Humus contents in soils of arable land and grassland soils Humus is regarded as ‘black gold’ which protects soils efficiently from desiccation and erosion. Source: 994yellow / stock.adobe.com 2023 … since the mid-1980s. It must be said, however, that depending on site and land use, developments can vary substantially. In grassland, humic contents are generally …

… KM-R-2: Land protection dykes without safety deficit – case study The dykes were reinforced … the fluctuations should not be directly related to the availability of financial resources as having caused these fluctuations. In fact, the specific costs of dyke reinforcements are …

… WW-R-1: Water use index Extended drought periods can lead to local and temporary water shortages. … metres of groundwater and surface water were considered potentially available water resources; by comparison, the mean of the period 1991–2020 with roughly 176 billion … in particular, for central parts of eastern Germany, the north-eastern German lowlands and the south-eastern German basin where unfavourable climatic water budgets …

… BO-R-2: Permanent grassland terrain Permanent grassland reduces soil loss risk and absorbs heavy rainfall … conservation of permanent grassland is intended to protect soils under agricultural use from the adverse effects of climate change. Between 1991 and 2013 grassland … or even expansion of permanent grassland, especially on sensitive sloping ground used for agricultural purposes or in floodplains, constitutes a suitable measure for …

… BD-R-1: Consideration of climate change in landscape programmes Climate change and its consequences play increasingly important … (own analysis) Climate change impacts increasingly considered in landscape planning Land use has a major influence on biodiversity, which makes it one of the core starting …

… FW-R-2: Conservation of forest-genetic resources Seed plantations serve the purpose of genetic conservation and of forest … and monitoring. This is why expensive ex-situ conservation is less frequently used than in-situ conservation. Seed plantations serve dual purposes: the production …

… RO-R-1: Priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape Spatial planning areas reserved for wildlife allow the safeguarding of … areas reserved for wildlife and landscape. Länder and regional planning authorities use this approach to support the biotope network thus helping animal and plant … restrictions on their use, thus protecting the areas concerned from competing land use claims. In 2021 this was the case on slightly more than one third of the …

… Cluster Woodland and forestry Woodland and forestry Source: matousekfoto / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for … the intensive Environment Monitoring in Forestry (LEVEL II) have so far not been used in terms of indicators for the DAS woodland and forestry action field. For the …

… FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use A lot of damaged timber in a forest … (cf. Indicators FW-I-2 , and FW-I-4 ) lead to an increase in damaged timber in woodlands and forests. Wind-blown and wind-broken timber after storms as well as …

… FI-I-3: Occurrence of thermophilic species in inland waters – case study Warm spring and summer help Lake Constance fishers as … species which are of commercial interest to fisheries. This is why, rather than focusing on the potential impacts of global warming, the discussion is much more … conducive to the emergence of young carp. As a result of favourable conditions caused by higher temperatures prevailing in 2003, subsequent years saw the highest …