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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use

    The picture shows a dense spruce forest. Several trees are dead, and in the foreground there is deadwood lying on the forest floor.

    … period of 2019 to 2021 amounting to 67.6 % which is more than double. The record value reached in 2020 amounting to just under 75 %, exceeded the value of 66.4 % after hurricanes Vivian and Wiebke in the late winter of 1990. The … use of damaged timber. Subsequently to the extreme year of 2003 (based on the mean value for the period of 2004 to 2006), insects caused 63 % of all random use; after …

  • News from 04.12.2014 | Last changed: 06.05.2015

    Video "Let´s Talk About Soil"

    A soil profile with differently coloured layers of brown earth.

    … one of the many types of strong soil. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt 04.12.2014 Nearly every single human activity has an ecological impact on the complex soil … lost through erosion, pollution and land consumption. Associated content 04.12.2014 Video "Let's Talk About Soil" Links FAO World Soil Day 2014 UBA web portal: UN Year of the Soils (in German) All news Related contents …

  • Press release 35/2016 from 17.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Electromobility has clear economic advantages

    electric car

    … sector reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by only two per cent between 1990 and 2014, although the goal is to achieve reductions of 40 to 42 percent compared to the … sector reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by only two per cent between 1990 and 2014, although the goal is to achieve reductions of 40 to 42 percent compared to the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-3: Height of storm surges

    The picture shows a storm surge wave breaking over a coastal building. A metal mast is visible in the background.

    … and falling storm-surge water levels. The illustration based on moving 19-year mean values does not indicate any extreme individual events. The trend development …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Agriculture

    The picture shows a dry-looking arable field with a tractor being driven across it. Owing to drought, the vehicle is stirring up clouds of dust. In the background, it is possible to make out a ridge of hills.

    … only in many agricultural subsectors, but also in terms of maintaining nutritional values and in terms of food processing. Given the close links between agriculture, … in the propagation of the concept of ‘One Health’. This concept has become a guiding principle for action taken in respect of global health policies, at the same …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-1 + 2: Soil water in agriculturally used soils and in forest soils

    … in a soil which are available for use by plants. Where soil moisture drops below a value of 50 % nFK owing to low precipitation and high evaporation levels, drought … 20 % this is assumed to be a very high to extremely high drought stress hazard. Values in excess of 100 % nFK will occur in cases when there is more water in the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-R-6: Agricultural irrigation

    The picture shows an arable field with young potato plants being irrigated by a drip irrigation unit.

    … 451,800 ha of outdoor cultivation terrain was irrigated in Germany. In 2019 this value had already risen to 506,480 ha. Compared to 2009 values, this is an increase by 36 %. These figures do not include any areas where …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-5: Pathogen vectors – case study

    The picture shows a close-up of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in the process of biting a human being.

    … leading to annually approximately 1,500 samplings in the Upper Rhine area from 2014 onwards. As early as 2013, 13 % of all traps and more than 2 % of all samplings … years produced further increases in the number of positive finds. As early as 2014 approximately in 18 % of traps, and in 2017 approximately in 34 % of traps … leading to annually approximately 1,500 samplings in the Upper Rhine area from 2014 onwards. As early as 2013, 13 % of all traps and more than 2 % of all samplings …

  • News from 08.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.03.2024

    Start the transformation of the food system now!

    Verschiedene Gemüse wie Möhren, Knoblauch, Sellerieknollen und eine Zucchini

    … of the organic farming and food industry ” and the “ strengthening of regional value chains ” are three key strategies with a common goal – a sustainable food … land in the total utilised agricultural space. Finally, “ strengthening regional value chains ” deals with the question of where our food is produced and in which structures it is provided. The aim is to shorten value chains wherever this is ecologically feasible and sensible. To this end, …

  • Press release 35/2024 from 07.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    German SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Award 2025 focuses on design and construction in existing contexts

    Luftbild eines Wohngebäudes mit drei Flügeln in einem U. Zwei Vollgeschosse und ein Walmdach mit mehreren Gauben und PV-Anlagen. Im Innenhof ein großer Baum, in der Umgebung Kleingärten. Vor der Öffnung des U ein linienförmiger Wohnbau ähnlicher Kubatur.

    … SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Award recognises projects that comprehensively implement the values of the EU’s New European Bauhaus initiative – sustainability, aesthetics and … SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Award recognises projects that comprehensively implement the values of the EU’s New European Bauhaus initiative – sustainability, aesthetics and …

  • Press release 04/2021 from 16.02.2021 | Last changed: 29.04.2021

    Air quality 2020: Only a few cities still exceed nitrogen dioxide limit

    Stau

    … No. 04/2021 | 16.02.2021 Whereas 25 cities were still exceeding the NO2 limit value in 2019, there will be well under ten in 2020. According to the evaluation of … until May, additional cities such as Stuttgart are expected to exceed the limit values. President Dirk Messner of the German Environment Agency (UBA) said, “It is … revising its recommendations to ensure better protection of health. The current WHO guideline states that PM10 concentrations should not exceed an annual mean of 20 …

  • Press release 12/2015 from 18.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Can a fourth waste water treatment stage be financed by the waste water charge?

    a waste water treatment plant in the city Dresden

    … that the waste water charge should be updated to support such a development. The guiding function of the waste water charge would need to be strengthened and the … that the waste water charge should be updated to support such a development. The guiding function of the waste water charge would need to be strengthened and the …