… 80 research stations on the continent, about half of which are manned year-round, and the rest are operated only in the summer season. Argentina was the first … (SCAR) The Antarctic Protected Areas Information Archive United Nations Environment Programme environment for development (UNEP) Tourism International Association of …

… Concerning tourism guidance and limitations are desired so as to leave other areas undisturbed for as long as possible to conduct basic research. The Antarctic … of intact natural conditions which are vital in comparative, reference, background and other studies. Related contents Indikator: Recycling von Siedlungsabfällen Indikator: Abfallmenge – Siedlungsabfälle Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz Antragsformulare in der Übersicht Produktverantwortung in …

… is also affected by global climate change: it is warming up, especially around the Antarctic Peninsula, more rapidly than the rest of the world. last update on … plane, that is the tilt of the earth's axis of 23.5° in relation to its orbit around the sun, the sun's rays are very weak even in summertime. Furthermore, the snow … Indikator: Globale Lufttemperatur Deutsch-Chinesischer Track-II-Dialog Klimawandel und Gesundheit Die Antarktis - Extreme am südlichen Ende der Welt Grundlagen des …

… and solve problems. last update on 27.01.2016 The Fildes Peninsula Region – nature under threat, stuck between logistics and research King George Island is the largest … Bay The Fildes Region and its density of research stations is part of the area around Maxwell Bay between King George Island and Nelson Island, where further stations … exchange of data or joint fieldwork. Related contents Europäisches Erdbeobachtungsprogramm Copernicus Genehmigung von Forschungsprojekten zu marinem Geo-Engineering …

… the activity entails no risk of causing detrimental changes in the distribution, abundance or productivity of animal and plant species and their populations or of … penguin monitoring Related contents Anwendungslabor für Künstliche Intelligenz und Big Data am UBA Antragsformulare in der Übersicht Umweltprobenbank des Bundes Erhaltung der lebenden Meeresschätze der Antarktis Schutzgebiete unter der …

… non-native to the Antarctic. Soil organisms, plants and soil organisms such as roundworms (Nematoda), waterbears (Tardigrada), springtails (Collembola) and mites … may access and to establish an international, long-term soil-biological monitoring programme. The above recommendations were detailed in a German working paper …

… with other authorities and institutions, which are listed in the right column under 'Links'. Who uses the work and services of the German Environment Agency? Source: Umweltbundesamt Associated content Links Umweltschutzprotokoll-Ausführungsgesetz (AUG) Federal Agency for Nature Conservation Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und …

… on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes was adopted in 1999 and entered into … with Serbia, co-leads the activity on small-scale water supplies and sanitation under the current workplan. Comprehensive data on small-scale water supplies in the … of the European Region was collected for the first time as part of this activity under the lead of the WHO Collaborating Centre at UBA, and published in the document …

… loss An earthworm in its natural habitat. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt The world’s soils are neither barren nor dead, for they constitute the … algae and protozoans. A mere one square meter of soil is home to anywhere from hundreds of thousand to millions of soil fauna such as nematodes, earthworms, mites, … springtail, and insect larvae. A hectare of soil rooting layers contains around 15 tons of live weight – the equivalent of around 20 cows. In other words, …

… The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program CORINE Land Cover 2006 Source: Umweltbundesamt Land cover is a key indicator of anthropogenic environmental pollution. The … program was carried out by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR)’s Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum, on behalf of the UBA. Associated content Links Corine Land … the Reference Year 2009 to the Year 2006 Related contents Indikator: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche Umweltmanagement im UBA Bebauung und Versiegelung Bodenfunktionen …