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  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2017

    Nanomaterial

    white aerosol can sprays in front of black background

    … Nanomaterial Nanoparticles can spread in the air across borders and also adhere to aerosols. Source: picsfive / Fotolia.com last update on 07.11.2017 Little is known about the risks Nanotechnology deals with the production and application of processes and … und bodenbezogenen Anwendung von mineralischen Abfällen Developing a Guidance Document for the testing of dissolution and dispersion stability of nanomaterials, …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Epigenetics and Environmental Influences

    DNA stylised

    … Epigenetics and Environmental Influences DNA Source: nobeastsofierce / Fotolia.com The Federal Environment Agency has initiated a research project in the field of epigenetics. Epigenetics explains the influence of environmental factors on the properties of cells and gene …

  • Article from 22.12.2025 | Last changed: 22.12.2025

    Prosecution of Illegal Waste Shipments

    Richter mit Hammer

    … Source: apops / Fotolia.com last update on 22.12.2025 We hereby inform about the supervision of transboundary waste shipment, as required by Article 51 of the European Waste Shipment Regulation. The control of shipments of waste is … IMPEL. (Shipment of Waste Enforcement Actions Project (SWEAP)). Associated content Documents Inspection plans for waste shipment in Germany (62.53 kB) Illegal waste …

  • Article from 14.02.2022 | Last changed: 15.02.2022

    Economic issues

    … is initially open to all types of use and no one should be excluded from access to the medium of water through ownership or pricing. The use of water can have the … Advocate General at the ECJ, which was even clearer than the ECJ judgment. Guidance Documents on the WFD Fundamental coordinating activities on European and national …

  • Article from 30.12.2022 | Last changed: 15.07.2024

    Flood prevention

    The River Elbe during a flood in the Elbe Biosphere Reserve

    … Flood prevention The River Elbe during a flood in the Elbe Biosphere Reserve Source: … floodplains free of certain uses (details on this can be found in the guidance documents of the federal states, such as the guidance documents on flood protection …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them Flooded elbe river near Dessau Source: Jörg Rechenberg / UBA Floods are natural … Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, 2021. UBA 2021: Bodenversiegelung in Deutschland … Floods - how they form and how we influence them

  • Article from 30.11.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment

    … Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment In Germany there are EU-wide environmental quality standards and national environmental quality standards for the assessment of chemical substances. On o fit ist the chemical water quality … Umweltbundeesamt Downloads: download Excel file (229.30 kB) Associated content Documents Environmental quality standards to chemical status (138.48 kB) Amendments …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … Monitoring and assessment The federal and state governments regularly collect data on the North Sea and Baltic … routine data collection, the state of the marine environment can be comprehensively documented in order to counteract negative developments. Monitoring methods Ships … agreed monitoring sites are categorised into concentration classes with the aim of documenting the success of measures to reduce nitrate inputs into water bodies …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … Maritime shipping Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA More and larger ships are sailing the world's oceans. Due to their high tonnages, ocean-going vessels can be a comparably environment-friendly …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship. Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA The seas and oceans, including the North Sea and Baltic Sea, are intensively used by humans. They provide food, energy, raw materials, transportation routes, and recreation. …

  • 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

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done? View of the wide open sea Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA The German Environment Agency is committed … with uncertain consequences for the marine environment. Changes have been regularly documented for decades, which has led to comprehensive knowledge about human …

  • Article from 16.04.2012 | Last changed: 10.09.2013

    Water body structure

    … Water body structure last update on 16.04.2012 Classification of quality of the water body structure A classification of quality of the water body structure (see table below) developed by the Working Group of the Federal States on Water Issues (LAWA) describes a change in …