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  • Article from 08.08.2022 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Soil loss – any soil crumb counts

    Photo of an extreme form of erosion.

    … hit uncovered soil, soil material can be transported downslope or through the open landscape. Soil erodes and will be deposited elsewhere. The result is the degradation … Ökologischer Landbau Geoengineering Bodenerosion durch Wind Related publications Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change The upcoming European Soil Health Law – chances and challenges for an effective soil protection PROSOIL – …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Sulphur dioxide

    … a pungent smell. It is produced from combustion of fossil fuels, for example coal and oil. last update on 25.05.2021 Human health and the environment are negatively influenced by high sulphur dioxide concentrations. …

  • Article from 05.03.2021 | Last changed: 08.03.2021

    Resource conservation and environmental policy

    shiny metal waste

    Resource conservation and environmental policy Metal is a resource that is much in demand worldwide Source: … Germany’s environmental policy. Resource stewardship: a multi-disciplinary field of action Resource stewardship furthers the goal of creating an economy based on … Cleaner and More Competitive Europe was adopted in March 2020. Other strategies and programmes have been developed by various supranational organisations (including the …

  • Article from 21.10.2022 | Last changed: 24.10.2022

    Resource conservation law

    aufgestapelte, gefällte Bäume

    … right to be protected Source: Alberto Masnovo / Fotolia.com Despite the growing demand for natural resources and the environmental problems entailed by this demand, in Germany there are as yet no laws … trade relations, value creation chains and product lifecycles (raw material abstraction and processing, manufacture, use and disposal of products) have meant that …

  • Article from 01.08.2019 | Last changed: 02.08.2019

    Resource use and its consequences

    construction of a pipeline

    … freighted with consequences. It inevitably generates emissions and other untoward environmental effects across the entire lifecycle of each and every product. … chain The way we use resources provokes often irreversible ecological change. Extraction and processing of non-regenerative raw materials are often energy intensive … use within reasonable bounds. Also key to such efforts are waste management programmes and product liability laws . In the interest of furthering these …

  • Article from 06.12.2017 | Last changed: 06.12.2017

    Frequently Asked Questions about phthalates and plasticisers

    Käse, aus Plastikfolie ausgewickelt

    … FAQ of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) last update on 06.12.2017 What are phthalates, what are … their share increased from 35% in 1999 to 67% in 2008. According to the action group “PVC and Umwelt” (“PVC and the environment”) the share of DEHP fell … Focus on the future: 3D printing Development of cornerstones for a monitoring programme for the assessment of biocide emissions into the environment Tags human …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Permitting procedure in Germany

    … the Antarctic is regulated by a separate law, the Act Implementing the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (AIEP). Because of their potential … impacts on the Antarctic continent, all planned activities are subject to a review and assessment. last update on 27.01.2016 Article 3 AIEP designates the Federal …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Applying for a permit to travel to the Antarctic

    … which originates in Germany must be granted approval from the German Federal Environment Agency. last update on 29.02.2016 According to the Act implementing the Protocol of Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (AUG) , all activities in the … in this regard. The application for the permit must be submitted in writing and well in advance of the planned activity. The UBA will subsequently take a …

  • Article from 06.08.2013 | Last changed: 23.03.2016

    Media professionals in Antarctica

    Penguins in the antarctic, behind a cruising ship

    … neither icy cold nor other adversities to bring Antarctica in focus for readers and viewers at home. last update on 06.08.2013 Journalists, photographers or camera … staff do not need to apply for a permit to travel to Antarctica at the German Environment Agency (UBA), everyone else who intends to commercialize images and … staff do not need to apply for a permit to travel to Antarctica at the German Environment Agency (UBA), everyone else who intends to commercialize images and

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Inspections in the Antarctic

    2013 South African-German inspection group

    … inspection group Source: M. Ney Most of UBA's work with regard to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and the Antarctic Treaty itself is carried out in Dessau-Roßlau, but sometimes UBA … by the Federal Foreign Office and the Director of the South African Antarctic Programme. The purpose of this inspection was to check the compliance with the …

  • Article from 04.05.2020 | Last changed: 04.05.2020

    International policy and knowledge transfer

    People working on a presentation

    … knowledge transfer International exchange of knowledge is the basis for worldwide environmental protection standards. Source: Raxpixel.com / Fotolia Environmental … advice. Therefore, the focus is on the transfer of international environmental programmes and measures to the national level of the partner countries, such as the … legislation into national law. The support relates to both classic fields of action such as waste management, chemical safety, water protection and air quality …

  • Article from 31.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    Alpine Convention

    A clear-water lake, surrounded by high mountains

    … a decisive impact on the Alps for about 6,000 years. As a sensitive ecosystem, any environmental problem in the region can quickly pose a threat to the very existence … and Germany) and the European Union (EU) agreed in 1991 on a political framework programme for the protection and sustainable development of the region. The result: … And this is why UBA was commissioned to work out a comprehensive and ambitious action programme in time for the XV. Alpine Conference in 2018. The Action Programme