… problems can result. last update on 10.03.2014 Is soil compaction a problem? Farm, forestry and construction equipment has become ever more powerful and ever heavier … weigh up to 27 tons; a sugar beet harverster weighs up to 60 tons; and trucks used for crop transport weigh up to 40 tons. Driving such machinery over the ground can … weight generates pressure onto the soil. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Download image (493.74 kB) Weight loads of different agricultural machine types. …

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… by natural substances such as the minerals contained in the rock from which soil is formed that are released due to weathering. For example, ore mineral deposits in near-surface soils (mineralization) induced by … Humans and nature benefit from it. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Download image (543.09 kB) Soil-relevant pollutant groups Source: Umweltbundesamt …

… the energy sector in particular require immense amounts of such materials. It is for this reason that Germany extracts its own deposits and also imports significant … regulations with a single unified, albeit not definitive, regulatory regime in the form of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG) . This serves mainly to underpin the secure … The opportunity for a comprehensive reform of the BBergG as called for by representatives from science, the Länder, associations, and also by the German …

… Economic impact Oil and gas are not stored for long at ports of entry. Sparing use means less maritime traffic. Source: keller / Fotolia.com Greater resource efficiency is good not only for the environment, but also for the economy, in terms of lower materials costs, less dependency on raw materials …

… involves. It wants to help promote the opportunities nanotechnology offers for environment and health protection while at the same time evaluating and … in the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This group  works on various … One focus is the development of test guidelines and guidance documents for an international harmonized testing of nanomaterials. In this context, UBA …

… it, such substances may only be imported into a country if that country has been informed of the hazards in advance and has given its consent ("Prior Informed Consent"). Over 160 countries have ratified the Rotterdam Convention to date. … The Rotterdam Convention is called in full the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in …

… at UBA UBA was the first federal authority to receive the EMAS certificate for its environmental management Source: Umweltbundesamt The UBA had already … objectives and measures with which UBA aims to achieve them. Our guidelines for environmentally friendly business travel (in German) help to minimise the … published on our web page about green public procurement. Product groups for which there is a  Blue Angel ecolabel  available must always comply with the …