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  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    The Oder River under stress

    Photo from the river Oder

    … stress The Oder River Source: Marco Rudolph / Adobe Stock In the summer of 2022, an environmental disaster occurred in the Oder River: an estimated 1,000 tons of fish, … Poland, 5.9% in the Czech Republic, and 7.7% in Germany. Multiple pressures lead to environmental disasters The fish die-off in the Oder in August 2022 brought to the …

  • Article from 17.02.2016 | Last changed: 17.02.2016

    Environmental protection and peacekeeping

    … Environmental protection and peacekeeping To maintain their livelihood, many people … the environment, making resource use more efficient and fair and promoting environmentally sustainable development should be seen as essential elements of a … Peace-building Action Plan of 2004, the German government set up a national programme of measures for the prevention of environmentally and resource-related …

  • Article from 03.06.2020 | Last changed: 04.06.2020

    Federal Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme

    Map of EECCA and Central/Eastern European states

    … Federal Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme The UBA cooperates with EECCA and Central/Eastern European states Source: … (BMU) runs the Advisory Assistance Programme (AAP) to support projects aiming for environmental protection in the countries covered by the programme. The target …

  • Article from 19.03.2020 | Last changed: 23.03.2020

    Lawful Rights of Participation

    colorful symbolised People under the magnifying glass

    … Lawful Rights of Participation Participation rights play a major role in environmental protection. Source: WunderBild / Fotolia.com Participation rights play … for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment ( 2003/35/EC ), directives on environmental …

  • Article from 17.02.2021 | Last changed: 17.02.2021

    Access to justice

    Exterior view of the Federal Administrative Court against blue sky

    … if an approved project would impair a person’s property or health. Additionally environmental and nature conservation law allows recognized environmental associations to bring actions before administrative courts without …

  • Article from 17.12.2012 | Last changed: 01.09.2013

    Integrated coastal zone management in Germany

    … demands on land, the coastal zone at sea and on land must be developed in both an environmentally and economically sustainable way. The delimitations to this … and the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2008). Legislation, programmes and spatial and regional planning proposals have also been expanded at …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … of the interfaces between individual resource categories ("nexus") and the "environmental impact of raw material extraction". The resource report is aimed at a … and mobility. Source: UBA Resources Report 2022 Download image (735.38 kB) Negative environmental impacts The extraction and use of raw materials is often associated …

  • Article from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    FAQ

    … the reference implementation AUSTAL2000 has been developed on behalf of the Federal Environmental Agency. Entitled "AUSTAL 2000 ist nicht validiert" (AUSTAL 2000 not … the reference implementation AUSTAL2000 has been developed on behalf of the Federal Environmental Agency. Entitled "AUSTAL 2000 ist nicht validiert" (AUSTAL 2000 not …

  • Article from 21.11.2024 | Last changed: 21.11.2024

    Access to environmental information

    Blick auf Bürgerinformation und Bibliothek im UBA-Gebäude Dessau-Roßlau

    … Access to environmental information The Environmental Information service at the German Environment Agency’s headquarters in …

  • Article from 03.12.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2020

    Immission control law

    Two chimneys blow out white smoke

    … Source: Christian Noval / Fotolia.com Immission control is one of the key areas of environmental protection law. Its aim is to reduce potentially harmful impacts on … law is air pollution control and noise abatement, but it also protects all other environmental media such as soil and water (integrative approach). It creates the …

  • Article from 09.09.2019 | Last changed: 10.09.2019

    Better Environmental Regulation

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    … Better Environmental Regulation Better regulation improves and simplifies regulations … at national level, and the European Commission at European level have put programmes for Better Regulation into place. The German Environment Agency aims to …