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  • Publication from 18.11.2019

    Poster: Soil of the year 2015

    Cover Poster Soil of the year

    Soil | Land Poster: Soil of the year 2015 Surface Water Gley Each year , an Expert Panel selects the …

  • Publication from 18.07.2024

    Role of soils in climate change mitigation

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    … Climate | Energy Role of soils in climate change mitigation Soils play a central role in climate mitigation. … (364.53 kB) Factsheet_Improved crop rotation (282.55 kB) Factsheet_Low input grassland_setaside (0.96 MB) Factsheet_Mixed crop-livestock systems (0.96 MB) …

  • Press release 55/2014 from 05.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Start of International Year of Soils 2015

    a plant growing on a very dry soil

    … Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Start of International Year of Soils 2015 International treaties must ensure better protection of soils Some 10 … is being lost through erosion, contamination or sealing, but protecting soil is essential to life itself. Soil grows food, animal feed and renewable resources – as … 2014 in Berlin. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and …

  • Publication from 04.04.2023

    Reactive nitrogen in Germany

    Cover Reactive nitrogen in Germany

    … Economy | Consumption, Air, Agriculture, Soil | Land Reactive nitrogen in Germany Causes and effects - measures and recommendations Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all living beings. However, many compounds containing …

  • Press release 26/2015 from 21.07.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Chemical brownfields: forest soil is very slow to forget

    photo of a forest

    Chemical brownfields: forest soil is very slow to forget New map shows old pollutant loads Forest soil stores … Forests cover 30% of Germany's land area and fulfil a number of important functions: they are the habitat of plants and animals, they produce oxygen and their … have been banned for a long time, in particular at former industrial sites in Saarland, the Ruhr area and the Bitterfeld-Wolfen chemical triangle. The good news is …

  • Press release 49/2019 from 04.12.2019 | Last changed: 17.12.2019

    Soil of the Year 2020: Intertidal Flat Soil

    Bildmontage des Wattbodens mit einzelnen Bodenschichten im Untergrund

    Soil of the Year 2020: Intertidal Flat Soil Tidal flats occur on all continents and in all climate zones Intertidal flat soils are true natural treasures. Source: Dr. Alexander Gröngröft; Motivcollage Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung 5 December is World Soil Day, an …

  • Publication from 08.09.2021

    What Matters 2012

    … Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources, Soil | Land What Matters 2012 Annual Report of the Federal Environment Agency Part: … - a key skill for sustainable societies ; Sustainable chemistry - an elemantary building block of a Green Economy. Germany has decided the transformation of its …