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  • Article from 03.06.2016 | Last changed: 13.12.2018

    Pilot project on environmental justice in German municipalities

    Having a healthy living environment should not be coupled to level of income.

    … Munich. Difu is providing scientific support to the pilot project, which is also funded by the German Environment Agency under the Environmental Research Plan. Research questions How can environmental … “Environmental Justice” for municipalities providing definitions, background information, checklists, advice on implementation and practical examples …

  • Article from 30.04.2024 | Last changed: 13.06.2024

    Chemicals in articles: EU LIFE Project AskREACH

    Ein Barcode auf einem Produkt wir mit einem Smartphone gescannt

    … Friends of the Earth Croatia (ZelHR) Czech Republic: Arnika – Toxics and Waste Programme Denmark: Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DKEPA), Danish Consumer … (UBA), Baltic Environmental Forum Germany (BEF DE), Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), Society for Institutional Analysis (sofia) at the University of Applied …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … retain too little water in the landscape. The consequences: drought, declining groundwater levels, and flooding. The solutions: retain water through adapted land … recognized and is a central component of the National Water Strategy and the Action Programme for Natural Climate Protection (ANK). Several funding instruments are …

  • Article from 20.02.2025 | Last changed: 06.03.2025

    Sino-German Track-II-Dialogue

    8. Plenartreffens des T2D in Shanghai, Mai 2024

    … (Track I) with scientific expertise. It offers opportunities to create a common understanding and joint learning at the scientific level. It provides science-based … the T2D aims to: Provide a regular platform for discussions to enhance mutual understanding of experts and policy supporting teams from both sides Support the … negotiation outcomes and Paris Agreement policies in both countries Achieve an understanding on what kind of research, international cooperation and national …

  • Article from 07.07.2020 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Large scale projects under the administrative agreement

    Large scale projects under the administrative agreement Large scale projects at a … kilometer industrial area on the Spree river in southeast Berlin. Historical background: Beginning with dawn of industrialization, in 1870, and until very recently, … information is available from Landesamt für Umwelt des Landes Brandenburg . … Large scale projects under the administrative agreement

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … availability of this food depends on the availability of uncompromised soils. Around half of Germany’s surface area is used as farmland, i.e. for crop cultivation, … in Germany and elsewhere with crop plant cultivation. Arable land is mainly found in places where the earth is inherently very fertile. Less fertile soils are found in forests or in meadows and pastures. Settlements and towns have traditionally …

  • Article from 19.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Networks, joint regional-state-federal groups, associations

    … field of contamination cleanup has been ongoing for many years, thanks to project funding from the European Commission. last update on 19.03.2014 National level Bund/Länder-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bodenschutz (LABO) The LABO is the federal and … The LABO advises the UMK and the Konferenz der Amtschefs der Umweltministerien des Bundes und der Länder (ACK, conference of the chiefs of staffs of federal and …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Large scale ecological projects

    Major projects

    … Locations of major projects Source: Frauenstein PDF-Datei (Download) (491.85 kB) Under the unification treaty that was concluded with the former East Germany, the … as an impediment to investment, create jobs, and retain existing jobs. Under the unification treaty that was concluded with the former East Germany at the … laws. The federal government and regional states agreed to undertake 21 large scale ecological projects, based on economic and environmental …

  • Article from 07.07.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Activities at the federal level

    … Soil protection and contaminated-site remediation fall to the federal government under the BBodSchG law and BBodSchV regulation, and are enforced by the various … specific rights and duties. The government’s property portfolio was managed by the Bundesvermögensverwaltung from 1950 to 2004, and thereafter by the Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (BImA). The BImA agency manages the federal …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … which likewise fall to the authorities. Such investigations centre around the manner in which the site in question was used (e.g. accidents or spills that … is not set in stone. In the event a given investigation provides an indisputably sound basis for a definitive hazard assessment, the authorizing body can decide to … which are obtained using technical investigation measures such as soil and groundwater sample assays. The preliminary nature of such investigations is reflected …