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  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … "UMID: Environment and Human Health - Information Service" (German: "UMID: Umwelt und Mensch – Informationsdienst") is published annually in 2 issues. It provides … issues are published in German with English abstracts: Bürgerbeteiligung im Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschutz - Civic participation in the protection of environment and … (SDGs) and their Implementation for Germany – Considering Environmental Aspects +++ WORKSHOP DGEpi: Report on the workshop “Inequalities in Environmental Health and …

  • Article from 10.08.2017 | Last changed: 15.03.2019

    telegram: environment+health

    title telegram environment + health

    … title telegram environment + health Source: Kerstin Gebuhr / Umweltbundesamt Looking for answers to questions about health-related environmental … . As from 2015 issues are also available in English. Previous issues can be found on our German website . Archive for telegram: environment+health For issues … to fine particulate matter at Holi festivals? telegram 01/2015 telegramm umwelt+gesundheit 02/2011 Krankheitslast durch Umweltlärm – Quantifizierung des Verlustes an …

  • Article from 23.04.2020 | Last changed: 23.04.2020

    Opinion of the Human Biomonitoring Commission (HBM)

    … language). last update on 23.04.2020 The HBM Commission's opinions are published under “Announcements of the Federal Environment Agency” in the journal “Bundesgesundheitsbl Gesundheitsforsch Gesundheitsschutz“. The Springer Science and Business …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2017

    Nanomaterial

    white aerosol can sprays in front of black background

    … in the animals tested. For nanomaterials present in sun creams it is clear that sound skin acts as an excellent barrier. Orally ingested nanomaterials – for example … reports Scientific Stakeholder Meeting on Nanomaterials in the Environment Background and position papers Nanomaterials in the environment Summary of the results of … Use of nanomaterials in coatings Use of nanoscale iron for the remediation of groundwater damages Nanotechnology-based lighting systems: organic light-emitting diode …

  • Article from 14.02.2022 | Last changed: 15.02.2022

    Economic issues

    … each other and to other elements of the Directive: Economic analysis of water uses under Article 5 and Annex 3. Justification of exemptions under Article 4. Achievement of cost-recovery water prices (including environmental and resource costs) under Article 9 and Annex 3. These three points do not have to be achieved …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … rain hits the earth's surface, part of it seeps into the soil and contributes to groundwater recharge. Another part is temporarily stored in the soil or evaporates, and … soil is already saturated with water from previous precipitation events, or the ground is frozen, most of the precipitation will run off at the soil surface. Soil … time. Steep valleys, channelised waterways, and a high degree of soil sealing, as found in many developed areas, favour rapid surface runoff. Small streams subsequently …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … in the Kadettrinne. In these coastal areas, unique extensive ecosystems are to be found, e.g. the Wadden Sea and its eelgrass meadows or mussel banks. Heavy maritime … binding maximum noise level limits for engine and control rooms as well as for workshops, quarters etc., which have been or must be transposed into national law by …

  • Article from 31.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    Alpine Convention

    A clear-water lake, surrounded by high mountains

    … and ecological viability. The economic and societal framework conditions require a fundamental change. Furthermore, the Alps are affected to a large extent by … sustainable tourism. The Alpine.Mobility.Camps project organizes activity-oriented workshops for sustainable mobility in select Alpine tourist destinations. The focus …

  • Article from 05.04.2022 | Last changed: 13.01.2023

    Legal Basis

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    … of waste (WSR), which is based on the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal of 22 March 1989 and the Decision of the OECD-Council C(2001)107/Final on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations. The WSR transposes the … rough outline only. Simplified overwiev of permission transfrontier waste shipments under the WSR Source: Umweltbundesamt Legal Basis in Germany The Waste Movement Act …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals

    keywhole in concrete wall

    … transformation process, from 2023 till 2025 last update on 18.11.2025 Background The aim of greenhouse gas (GHG) neutral administrations is not simply a matter … to keep the process of administrations towards GHG-neutrality on track. Exploratory Workshop 9th November 2023, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany and Online Workshop 24th November … Concept note GHG-neutral administrations (276.52 kB) Review of the exploratory workshops (523.01 kB) … Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Promoting Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

    World map from green leaves

    … transformation process, June 2023 to summer 2024 last update on 18.11.2025 Background Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a … the negotations of the UN Plastics Pollution Convention. The process, with several workshops and virtual joint activities in between, started with the kick-off …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    From Stakeholder Dialogue to German Centre for Micropollutants

    … findings and the measures initiated, the German Centre for Micropollutants was founded at the German Environment Agency in 2021. last update on 14.04.2023 From the … out in the 2nd phase by March 2019. Four working groups developed the following under the Stakeholder Dialogue: A procedure for determination relevant … micropollutants (X-ray contrast agents, diclofenac and benzotriazole) at three “Round Tables”. A joint communication strategy under the umbrella of the UN Water …