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  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    The German Environment Agency and the Antarctic

    Protecting the Antarctic is one of the tasks of the Federal Environment Agency.

    … 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

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 09.12.2020

    Underwater noise

    Underwater noise 08.12.2020 Underwater noise: Causes, effects and solution approaches Marine mammals use sound

  • Article from 16.12.2016 | Last changed: 13.01.2022

    Protocol on Water and Health

    a women is drinking a glass of water

    … 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 …

  • Article from 17.07.2013 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil biodiversity loss

    An earthworm in its natural habitat.

    … 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, …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    … 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 …

  • Article from 23.08.2013 | Last changed: 17.03.2014

    AEGL - Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Organization

    … „Association of the Chemical Industry“ (Verband der Chemischen Industrie; VCI) around 1990. In 1991, the „European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of … to 500 chemicals during the next ten years. The OECD with its „Chemical Accidents Programme“ began to support AEGL values as well and, for example, dealt with it in …

  • Article from 29.11.2022 | Last changed: 29.11.2022

    Helpful hints on gaining recognition

    … public-benefit purposes (e.g. current notice of non-liability for tax due on the grounds of promotion of public-benefit purposes) or documents which give evidence of … any further information you may need. Associated content Links Workshop: Transboundary Access to Justice for Environmental NGOs Workshop: Rechtsschutz zur Stärkung … "Der Rechtsschutz im Umweltrecht in der Praxis" Documents Liste anerkannter Umwelt- und Naturschutzvereinigungen (415.65 kB) Regulations National …

  • Article from 15.06.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2025

    Preconditions for Recognition

    … are not economic ones. The Environmental Appeals Act’s explanatory memorandum (Bundesrats-Drucksache 552/06) states that the above definition is met if an … to them. In this regard, the Environmental Appeals Act’s explanatory memorandum (Bundesrats-Drucksache 552/06) also makes it explicit that the association must be … additional participation and litigation rights in the field of nature conservation und landscape preservation (Articles 63 and 64 of the Federal Nature Conservation …

  • Article from 15.06.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2025

    Legal background to the Environmental Appeals Act

    Legal background to the Environmental Appeals Act The Environmental Appeals Act … law, i.e. request an internal review or take legal action. To make an appeal under the UmwRG, environmental associations require a specific recognition. The … association (Articles 63 and 64 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act). … Legal background to the Environmental Appeals Act

  • Article from 10.01.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Recognition of environmental and nature protection associations

    Logo of the competent authority for environmental and nature conservation associations

    … and nature conservation associations Source: Anerkennungsstelle für Umwelt- und Naturschutzvereinigungen Environmental and nature conservation associations can … and workshop papers: Rechtsschutz zur Stärkung des Umweltschutzes , Transboundary Access to Justice for Environmental NGOs and the conference Rechtsschutz im … . Research on access to justice Evaluation of the Use and Effects of NGO appeals under the German Environmental Appeals Act (Umwelt–Rechtsbehelfsgesetz, UmwRG) This …

  • Article from 26.02.2014 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil pollutants

    Photo of soils in a glas.

    … of soil can only be determined through measurements. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Soil pollutants are ubiquitous. They stem from natural sources, factories, … and households. Deposits of such soil pollutants can seep into the groundwater or are uptaken by plants, they can pose an environmental and health risk. … soils makes them a pollution sink that prevents pollutants from seeping into the groundwater or being uptaken by plants. In the filtering process, pollutants are …

  • Article from 09.03.2021 | Last changed: 09.03.2021

    Mining law

    The extraction of lignite from opencast mines is also subject to mining law

    … regime in the form of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG) . This serves mainly to underpin the secure supply of raw materials with more efficient licensing and … as the raw material safeguarding clause. According to this clause, regulations under public law that stand opposed to the exploration for and extraction of raw … and resource conservation A special feature of federal mining law is the fundamental distinction between so-called “bergfreie” and “grundeigene” mineral …