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  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … sites are identified To date, soil sampling and assays are not required by law for the purpose of determining whether a given site is contaminated, but are instead … capturing and historical exploration of suspected hazardous waste sites Source: UBA Downloads: PDF-Datei (Download) (22.39 kB) The investigation and assessment phases …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 01.07.2025

    Structural policy for the socio-ecological transformation

    Structural policy for the socio-ecological transformation The socio-ecological transformation will change the way we do business and … published the first Equivalence Report . The report uses various topics to present the different realities of life in Germany. The centrepiece of European …

  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    … world. Source: Umweltbundesamt The Environmental Library is a resource for the UBA’s research, as well as for many external users. It has grown to become the largest environmental library in … more than 1,500 printed journals, about 30,000 ejournals and other sources of information. The library is an open access library kept available for the needs of the …

  • Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 24.10.2025

    Maps and CCE Data

    Weltkartenausschnit Fokus EU, Rezeptoren mit unterschiedlichen Farbgebungen

    … update on 14.01.2025 The mandate of the CCE is to develop and update methodologies for assessing critical loads (CL), to compile data on CL and to generate maps of CL and their exceedances. In the context of integrated assessments performed by the CLRTAP under the Gothenburg Protocol, ecosystem-specific critical … for 2030 to 2050. Associated content Exceedances of CL Source: CCE / Thomas Plha Download image (32.50 kB) Exceedance map of CL for acidification of the year 2023 …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Remediation technology

    … of the remediation study. If the relevant remediation measures are disproportionate for a given site, protective and mitigating measures can be used instead. Natural … concerning cleanup measures or protective and limiting measures. The cost and effort entailed by the various possible measures, including follow-up measures, as … construction forms are used as so-called backup procedures. Source: Frauenstein Download image (972.71 kB) 'Direct Push' - mobile technique The application of …

  • Article from 27.08.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    National collaboration

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    … pollution abatement policy alternatives. NFCs are institutes that are responsible for producing the national data on critical loads/levels and maps for inclusion in the European maps in accordance with the  Mapping Manual … assessment of rare ecosystem types, since scarce ecosystems are usually not well presented in datasets covering relatively large areas (e.g. whole of Europe). The …

  • Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products Building products which come into contact with … of reinforcement plaster under varying test conditions Source: Umweltbundesamt Downloads: diagram and legend as PDF file (188.16 kB) Reliable information on …

  • Article from 24.04.2014 | Last changed: 24.04.2014

    Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

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    … appropriately. Some of their emissions can be problematic. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) researched the emissions behaviour of pine … the wood was sourced and processed appropriately. Although sustainability criteria for wood have been established worldwide, there has been no comprehensive evaluation … organic compounds ( VOC ). A research project by BAM, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (see Publications), analysed the emissions …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … a soccer field Source: Anton Mazaev / Adobe Stock Leisure activities are important for our well-being and quality of life. We meet friends, pursue our hobbies or go … the consumption of raw materials and greenhouse gases and develops a framework for action for a resource-efficient and climate-friendly leisure sector. last update on …

  • Article from 06.11.2015 | Last changed: 06.11.2015

    Chemical research at UBA

    A woman in the apron of the chemistry works in the laboratory. You are filled with liquid glass vessels

    … Chemical research at UBA One of UBA’s many laboratories for chemical research Source: Umweltbundesamt The UBA carries out research in its … districts. The research they do provides answers to questions concerning, for example, the environmental behaviour of chemicals in the environment. The … (e.g. plant protection products, biocides, industrial chemicals) which are present in the environment in very low concentrations or which are used in …

  • Article from 09.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Risks and opportunities in responding to the coronavirus crisis

    … which reciprocal dynamics of varying magnitude can cause considerable damage. Three forces must be tamed, which is possible, but in no way certain. The first is the … end of the year, the authoritarian nationalists from whom nobody wants to hear at present (at least in most countries) might have a comeback. If the fight against the … social cohesion and democracy. Decisive action to resolve the corona crisis is therefore necessary at the political level. This not only requires an effective strategy, …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ...

    … opposition of two very important developmental trends into a collaborative process for creating something new: .. last update on 20.04.2020 Ecology of data: we should … use the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to make digitalisation beneficial for sustainability Blogpost by Henning Banthien  In times of upheaval, we see … opposition of two very important developmental trends into a collaborative process for creating something new: We need to be building synergies from the interaction of …