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  • Article from 06.06.2025 | Last changed: 06.06.2025

    Soil loss by wind erosion

    Soil displacement due to wind erosion near Worin in Brandenburg, Germany

    … with a low or very low protective effect due to the lower ground cover during the year. Figure 1: Natural soil loss risk due to wind erosion in Germany. Source: Gebel … with a low or very low protective effect due to the lower ground cover during the year. … The principles and recommendations for "good agricultural practice” (GAP) in …

  • Article from 30.05.2025 | Last changed: 15.07.2025

    Soil loss by water erosion

    Figure 2. Potato dams in the downslope direction force soil loss by water.

    … Next Previous How much soil is lost due to soil loss by water in Germany? Every year, on average for Germany, a total of around 25 million tons of soil are removed … average annual soil loss due to surface and rill erosion (tons per hectare per year). The USLE takes into account both the natural factors influencing the … compensated for with known measures, such as cultivation across the slope, year-round soil cover if possible and decreasing field size. Sources Auerswald K., …

  • Article from 24.01.2025 | Last changed: 27.01.2025

    The AI Lab at the German Environment Agency

    On a bright background, there are two wind turbines, a solar panel, two people, a globe, plant leaves, and diagrams illustrating the thematic areas of the AI lab.

    … Digital Policy Agenda for the Environment of the BMUV and is part of the BMUV's 5-Point Program " Artificial Intelligence for Environment and Climate" (German) . For … Plan (DARP) . Associated content Links Environmental policy digital agenda Five-point programme of the BMUV (German) Federal Environment Agency supports UN in …

  • Article from 16.12.2013 | Last changed: 28.10.2024

    Year of Air 2013

    Das Logo zum Jahr der Luft 2013 zeigt eine Pusteblume und den Schriftzug "Jahr der Luft"

    Year of Air 2013 European Union declares 2013 Year of Air Source: Umweltbundesamt … and which pollutants are harmful to health. We identify sources of pollution and point out measures to combat it. last update on 16.12.2013 Number of the week: 145 … is 10 µg/m 3 . Week 17: About 600,000 motor vehicles in Tehran are more than 20 years old. Week 18: About 70 per cent of China’s total energy consumption in 2009 …

  • Article from 26.04.2024 | Last changed: 12.05.2025

    Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act

    used electrical and electronic equipment in a container, for example monitors, computers and household appliances

    … without destroying them, before handing them over to a collection or take-back point. The public waste management authorities (‘local authorities’) are obliged to collect WEEE from private households at municipal collection points free of charge. The WEEE must be picked up there by the producers and … metres who offer electrical and electronic equipment several times a calendar year and make it available on the market (e.g. supermarkets and discount stores) are …

  • Article from 11.09.2024 | Last changed: 11.09.2024

    Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products

    In einem Hausrohbau abgelagerte Baustoffe

    … are published, the relevant previous version will continue to apply for one more year. This was done in order to give the manufacturers concerned sufficient time to … developed exclusively by the LCI working group of the AgBB and updated every two years. To prevent misinterpretation, they are only published within the complete … to assess the odour-perceptible substances emitted by building products. In recent years, the methodology for measuring odour emissions has been developed, refined and …

  • Article from 29.02.2024 | Last changed: 29.02.2024

    Sustainable Chemistry

    coloured liquids in flasks

    … of the concept of chemical leasing , e.g. by acting as a national contact point for this business model; by developing five sustainability criteria for … of the concept of chemical leasing , e.g. by acting as a national contact point for this business model; by developing five sustainability criteria for …

  • Article from 19.07.2022 | Last changed: 16.01.2024

    Digitalization water management

    … staff, further training and cross-administrative data management. The latter point is particularly important for UBA as a higher federal authority, since we … water status data at the UBA and consolidate it from a professional and technical point of view. The overarching goal is a significant improvement in the area of … available. For example, some federal states do not provide information on measuring points (drinking water wells) which they classify as critical infrastructure. In …

  • Article from 23.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.08.2023

    OECD Handbook Environmental Due Diligence Mineral Supply Chains

    Environmental Issues of Mineral and Metal Supply in a broader sustainability context

    … interested parties to contribute to the process. A summary of the main discussion points the can be found  here . Session @ 2022 OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral … interested parties to contribute to the process. A summary of the main discussion points the can be found  here . … An update on progress of the handbook development …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Digitalisation and natural resources

    The significant footprint of digitalisation needs to be better understood

    … consumption, material inputs, and the carbon footprint of the ICT sector from the year 2000 onwards. The model also projected developments under seven scenarios … consumption, material inputs, and the carbon footprint of the ICT sector from the year 2000 onwards. The model also projected developments under seven scenarios …

  • Article from 01.01.2021 | Last changed: 09.03.2021

    The final PMT/vPvM criteria after public consultation

    The final PMT/vPvM criteria after public consultation

    … A substance fulfils the toxicity criterion (T) in any of the following situations. Point (a) to (c) are already set out in Annex XIII, 1.1.3 of REACH : a) the … A substance fulfils the toxicity criterion (T) in any of the following situations. Point (a) to (c) are already set out in Annex XIII, 1.1.3 of REACH: a) the long-term …

  • Article from 01.01.2021 | Last changed: 31.01.2022

    Utilization of the criteria to identify PMT/vPvM substances

    Utilization of the criteria to identify PMT/vPvM substances

    … on prioritizing chemicals with the most urgent need for action drawing on its many years of experience in identifying chemicals requiring regulation. The ZeroPM … on prioritizing chemicals with the most urgent need for action drawing on its many years of experience in identifying chemicals requiring regulation. The ZeroPM …