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  • Press release 40/2014 from 16.09.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Saving water: wise, overdone or practiced too excessively?

    dripping shower head

    … today. Germany now uses only 2.7 per cent of its available drinking water resources. There are nevertheless some good reasons to continue to be careful with … conservation eases the burden on the water balance and avoids tapping new water resources. Private households in Germany have achieved a great deal through their …

  • 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

    … soil is essential to life itself. Soil grows food, animal feed and renewable resources – as world continues to grow and rising standards of consumption. … soil is essential to life itself. Soil grows food, animal feed and renewable resources – as world continues to grow and rising standards of consumption. …

  • DzU article from 22.12.2025 | Last changed: 22.12.2025

    Indicator: National Welfare Index

    A graph shows the national welfare index (NWI) and gross domestic product (2000 = 100) for the years between 1991 and 2024. Since 2000, the NWI has increased by 10.7 percent, while GDP rose by 27.4 percent.

    … lowers the value of the index. Environmental costs and consumption of non-renewable resources are examples of negative categories, voluntary work and housework for … lowers the value of the index. Environmental costs and consumption of non-renewable resources are examples of negative categories, voluntary work and housework for …

  • Press release 36/2023 from 10.10.2023 | Last changed: 12.10.2023

    UBA launches National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information

    A view of the National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information in Merseburg

    … protection and nature conservation as a search engine. The nationwide knowledge resource is intended to make environmentally relevant ⁠data and information from all … of the emerging portal. It systematically catalogues the data and information resources contained there, so that this content will be publicly accessible and …

  • Press release 48/2020 from 15.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.10.2020

    Coronavirus protection in schools: Airing rooms for five minutes, every 20 minutes

    a virus in a close-up foto

    … minutes, every 20 minutes German Environment Agency: Window ventilation is most efficient way to ensure low virus concentration of indoor air The novel coronavirus … and schools. The German Environment Agency's recommendations on air exchange and efficient ventilation contain brief and precise information on why, when and how to …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … designating official water development areas in which uses of the water as resource is not significantly impaired. The water body type of 2020 is just one … Germany More on the water body type (German) Publications Waters in Germany Water Resource Management in Germany Water Framework Directive Poster Gewässertyp des …

  • Press release 36/2020 from 13.08.2020 | Last changed: 19.08.2020

    Proper airing reduces risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

    a virus in a close-up foto

    … SARS-CoV-2 pandemic should be reduced to as close to zero as possible, unless high-efficiency (virus-removing) filters are installed in the ventilation system. If …

  • Press release 13/2014 from 21.03.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Top marks for northern Germany’s lakes

    a big lake with transparent water, reed and trees

    … on the bottom of the lake and thus removed from the nutrient cycle. When this efficient self-cleaning process is functional, the populations of typical flora and …