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  • News from 17.10.2018 | Last changed: 17.10.2018

    Wastewater effluent in rivers: Challenges for drinking water?

    A river and sky

    … river basins. Several watersheds exhibit wastewater effluent contributions of >20-30 % (e.g., rivers Elbe/Saale, Weser, middle Rhine). Portions of the river Main, … as tributaries of the Rhine river are characterized by effluent contributions of >30-50 %. In portions of the river Neckar, Ems, the Baltic Sea estuary and the lower …

  • Press release 88/09 from 02.12.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    This is the state of the environment in Germany - Federal Environment Agency breaks it down

    … of renewables in primary energy consumption is set to be 10 percent, and at least 30 percent of gross electricity consumption. Good news is that the industry … and transport purposes amounted to 46,789 square kilometres (km2) compared to 40,305 km2 in 1992. In the same year, land consumption for settlement and transport … By 2020 this growth in settlement and transport land area is to be reduced to 30 hectares per day. Germany is still very far from reaching this goal. The shift of …

  • Press release 25/2024 from 30.05.2024 | Last changed: 03.06.2024

    “Danger Islands”: a new protected area in the Antarctic

    Penguine

    … archipelago may only be visited with a special permit. Press release No. 25/2024 | 30.05.2024 Federal Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke commented: “The Danger … Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) took place in Kochi, India, from May 20 to 30, 2024. At this meeting, the states decided to designate the area of the Danger …

  • Cover from 19.01.2026

    The German Centre for Micropollutants

    kleines, altes Bahnhofsgebäude aus rotem Backstein, über der Eingangstür der Schriftzug "Wörlitzer Bahnhof"

    … Proposal for a Recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive". Directive 2024/3019 Moving forward: The European Commission’s Proposal for a Recast Urban … protection agent can at best achieve an overall rating of "satisfactory" (grade 3.0). At the same time, the report shows that the use of 1-H benzotriazole is not …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.01.2025

    GE-I-3: Birch pollen burdens

    The picture shows a birch blossom with its pollen distributed by the wind.

    … Werchan B., Werchan M., Pfaar O. 2020: The development of birch pollen seasons over 30 years in Munich, Germany – An EAACI Task Force report. Allergy. 2020 Dec; 75(12): 3024-3026. doi: 10.1111/all.14470. 22 - Rojo J., Oteros J., Picornell A., Maya-Manzano …

  • News from 12.11.2024 | Last changed: 15.11.2024

    International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy

    … of the “International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy” was published in February 2017. The “theme” of this volume is dedicated to the implementation of the objective … 10 chapters and a summary of the results of the workshop in Kampala/Uganda in 2017 . Editors of the first volume: Hadijah Yahyah (Kampala International …

  • Press release 32/2017 from 13.09.2017 | Last changed: 26.09.2017

    Round Table Against Marine Litter goes into round two

    beach with a lot of plastic waste coming from the sea

    … the most pressing global environmental problems of our time. Press release No. 32/2017 | 13.09.2017 An initiative led by Federal Environment Minister Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Lower …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Biological diversity

    In the foreground the picture shows a banded demoiselle which has landed on the blossom of a yellow waterbuttercup. The background of this picture is blurred.

    … Biodiversity Strategy 2007 (NBS). Work is currently ongoing on Germany’s NBS 2030. The aim is that issues such as impacts of climate change, adaptation to climate … of a near-natural water budget. The Federal programme ‘Blaues Band’ (Blue Belt, 2017) supports renaturation measures in alluvial meadows of Federal waterways; its … forms of management.   124 - Europäische Kommission: Biodiversity strategy for 2030. https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/biodiversity-strategy-2030_en . 125 - …

  • Press release 26/2020 from 01.07.2020 | Last changed: 03.07.2020

    Plant-based meat substitute with best environmental performance

    A burger with plant based meat substitute.

    … greenhouse gases; pork production emits 4.1 kg, poultry 4.3 kg and beef as much as 30.5 kg. Products made from edible insects rank second from an environmental point … total meat market remains very small, with an estimated share of 0.5 to 0.6% in 2017, while in Germany the share is around 6%. Although sales in the meat industry …