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  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    German Environmental Survey 1985-1986, GerES I

    pedestrians in a city

    … Indoor air: (passive sampler) formaldehyde (subsample, N=358) volatile organic compounds, VOC (subsample, N=479) Community Water works sample barium, lead, boron, … Reports Volume I Krause, C., M. Chutsch, M. Henke, M. Huber, C. Kliem, C. Schulz und E. Schwarz: Monitoring (Environmental Survey, Vol. I: Study Design and Human Biomonitoring Volume II Schulz, C., M. Chutsch, R. Kirschner, W. Kirschner und M. Kunert: Environmental Survey, Vol. II: Interest in and Knowledge about the …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    German Environmental Survey 1997-1999, GerES III

    Pedestrians on a pavement

    … the enviromental impact on the population. Source: Siegfried Abelmann / Umweltbundesamt last update on 19.03.2018 Programme Population Sample Cross sectional … arsenic of the general population has reached a low level but should still be kept under surveillance. The findings of GerES are valuable for the evaluation of smaller … Commission (HBC) of the Federal Environment Agency. Organochlorine compounds in blood Organochlorine compounds are lipophilic and accumulate in the body. …

  • Article from 27.03.2015 | Last changed: 27.07.2022

    Research project “Environmental justice in urban areas”

    Urban neighbourhoods need areas for sports, play, leisure and recreation

    … ensuring socio-spatially just access to environmental resources. In a BMUB / UBA- funded project on “Environmental justice in urban areas”, which ran from January 2012 … socio-spatially oriented priorities suggests itself. Use of financial resources: Funding from support programmes should be targeted at areas with multiple burdens. … im städtischen Raum – Entwicklung von praxistauglichen Strategien und Maßnahmen zur Minderung sozial ungleich verteilter Umweltbelastungen UMID …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … rain hits the earth's surface, part of it seeps into the soil and contributes to groundwater recharge. Another part is temporarily stored in the soil or evaporates, and … soil is already saturated with water from previous precipitation events, or the ground is frozen, most of the precipitation will run off at the soil surface. Soil … time. Steep valleys, channelised waterways, and a high degree of soil sealing, as found in many developed areas, favour rapid surface runoff. Small streams subsequently …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … making it possible to automatically recognise and classify plankton species in underwater images. Marine ecosystem models are often used for marine scientific … and then combined into an overall assessment using specific assessment rules. A fundamental distinction is made between the assessment of pressures (e.g. … with the EQS for the river basin-specific pollutants (PCBs, organotin compounds, various metals) is included in the assessment of the ecological status.  The …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … pollutants such as nitrogen and sulphur into the sea and generates continuous underwater noise, which can interfere with marine animals' communication. In … ecological risks. For example, exploration activities generate high levels of underwater noise that can harm marine life, and catastrophic spills continue to … needs with the protection of marine environments. Environmental impact: The oceans under pressure Intensive ocean use leaves its mark. One major issue is pollution …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    … for all life on Earth. They produce half of the world's oxygen, are home to around 80 per cent of all animal species and cover almost three quarters of the Earth's … surface. The oceans play a key role in the climate system, as they absorb around a third of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produced by humans from the atmosphere … Waste, especially plastic waste including microplastics, is omnipresent. Underwater noise disturbs and harms whales, dolphins and fish in particular. In the …

  • Article from 13.11.2024 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    International soil governance

    … Governance in South-East Asia Project: African Soil Protection Law International Workshop in Nairobi, Kenia – August 2018 International Workshop, Kampala, Uganda – … Security“ (Journal) Internationaler Workshop Setting the scene Dr Ginzky, Umweltbundesamt, Deutschland Setting the scene National Law findings Dooley, Ecologic … Umweltbundesamt, Deutschland Future cooperation Programm Program Programm des Workshops Teilnehmerliste List of participants List of Participants Protokoll …

  • Article from 31.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    Alpine Convention

    A clear-water lake, surrounded by high mountains

    … and ecological viability. The economic and societal framework conditions require a fundamental change. Furthermore, the Alps are affected to a large extent by … sustainable tourism. The Alpine.Mobility.Camps project organizes activity-oriented workshops for sustainable mobility in select Alpine tourist destinations. The focus …

  • Article from 05.04.2022 | Last changed: 13.01.2023

    Legal Basis

    Golden paragraph mark surrounded by grey and white paragraph sign

    … of waste (WSR), which is based on the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal of 22 March 1989 and the Decision of the OECD-Council C(2001)107/Final on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations. The WSR transposes the … rough outline only. Simplified overwiev of permission transfrontier waste shipments under the WSR Source: Umweltbundesamt Legal Basis in Germany The Waste Movement Act …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals

    keywhole in concrete wall

    … transformation process, from 2023 till 2025 last update on 18.11.2025 Background The aim of greenhouse gas (GHG) neutral administrations is not simply a matter … to keep the process of administrations towards GHG-neutrality on track. Exploratory Workshop 9th November 2023, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany and Online Workshop 24th November … Concept note GHG-neutral administrations (276.52 kB) Review of the exploratory workshops (523.01 kB) … Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Promoting Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

    World map from green leaves

    … transformation process, June 2023 to summer 2024 last update on 18.11.2025 Background Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a … the negotations of the UN Plastics Pollution Convention. The process, with several workshops and virtual joint activities in between, started with the kick-off …