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  • Article from 28.08.2025 | Last changed: 29.08.2025

    Fertilizer

    Großaufnahme eines Traktors, der auf einem Feld Gülle ausfährt

    … Fertilizer With the manure go too many nutrients in the soil and charge such as groundwater. Source: Hans von der Beele / Thinkstock last update on 28.08.2025 What … applied through fertilization. It has been available since February 2011 and can be downloaded from the BMEL website. This draft proposal does not include a limit value … limit value 50 milligrams of uranium per kilogram of phosphate. Associated content Links Website BMLEH: Fertilisation Related contents Tierarzneimittel …

  • Article from 08.09.2025 | Last changed: 08.09.2025

    Pesticides

    Spray device on the tractor

    … is to keep crops healthy and weeds and pests at bay. However, they also have undesirable effects on biodiversity and water quality in adjacent biotopes. last … decline in pollinators is also seen in scientific literature as being causally linked to the effects of pesticides on the seasonal availability and diversity of flowers. Detailed information on this topic can be found on our pesticide topic pages and in our environmental data (only in german). …

  • Article from 29.01.2019 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Ecological impact of farming

    Tractor with tow tube

    … farmland was being used to grow fodder for intensive livestock farming, while just under 20 per cent was being used for food crops. An additional 20 per cent was being … is that our farming sector has a major impact on our economy because it is closely linked with other sectors. Apart from the 616.000 person workforce of Germany’s … its number one polluter, the energy sector (83.5 per cent). Associated content Links The German Farmers’ Association Website of the BMELV – Agriculture and rural …

  • Article from 17.07.2024 | Last changed: 18.07.2024

    Water Reuse

    … irrigation demand can increase regionally and may exceed the natural groundwater recharge. This can already be seen in some regions of Germany (see „ Trockenheit in Deutschland – Fragen und Antworten “/ only in German). 2016 UBA has published a study on framework … that are also dealing with water reuse in agriculture. Associated content Links European Commission Website on Water Reuse EU Regulation on Minimum …

  • Article from 08.10.2021 | Last changed: 16.07.2025

    Joint research project on decentralized water reuse

    Taking lysimeter cores in a field to analyze water balance and transport processes.

    … which, may exceed the minimum requirements of the EU regulation on water reuse. Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Project duration: February 2021 … the water regime and for pore water sampling. Source: Fatima El-Athman / UBA Surrounding soil profile at the point of lysimeter extraction (measuring rod of two meters length). Source: Fatima El-Athman / UBA Next Previous Associated content Links DECHEMA – Wassermanagement Tags agricultural irrigation wastewater water reuse …

  • Article from 29.12.2021 | Last changed: 05.01.2024

    Water Resource Management

    … were used. Water exploitation index Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Downloads: Figure as PDF (148.67 kB) Figure as Excel with data (42.65 kB) Individual … the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater. Its principal aim is to ensure a good status of all waterbodies within the … is prohibited. The WFD is supplemented by its “daughter” directives ( Groundwater Directive , Environmental Quality Standards Directive ). Other water …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … developed its own serious game “Little Impacts”. last update on 12.06.2025 Background Computer and video games are very popular in Germany. According to the … Wie ein Problem zur Lösung wird. https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Digitalisierung/digitalagenda_bf.pdf (in German only) With a generation … found on website of the Denkwerkstatt Konsum (in German only)   Associated content Links Little Impacts Further material and download (german) Project page: Fraunhofer …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    International information offers

    … should be listed on this website, please contact us via the contact form. Ressource Link Country Language Austrian network on disinfection … French Authorisation of Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Germany https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/publikationen/authorisation-of-anticoagulant-rodenticides-in   Germany English, German Control of Oak Processionary Moths https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/eichenprozessionsspinner   Germany German Map on fouling …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    Non-biocidal substitution options for curative wood preservatives

    … containing active substances which were identified as candidates for substitution under the Biocidal Products Regulation 528/2012. According to Article 23 of the … treated with the natural antagonist the braconid wasp Spathius exarator ( Link ). However, no efficacy guidance is yet available to test their efficacy. If … containing active substances which were identified as candidates for substitution under the Biocidal Products Regulation 528/2012. According to Article 23 of the …

  • Article from 21.08.2022 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Reference Values for Assessing Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … as a reference value. Reference values for surface water, drinking water and groundwater are presented. last update on 21.08.2022 For the assessment of the … on Micropollutants” Stakeholder Dialogue (in German) : If a micropollutant found in water bodies fulfils one or more of the criteria of persistence, mobility and … products, and substances of concern in biocidal products. Associated content Links WHO: Guidelines for drinking-water quality Drinking Water Ordinance (in …

  • Article from 29.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.02.2023

    Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH

    zwei Reagenzgläser mit verschiedenen Flüssigkeiten

    Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH Mixtures Source: Olivier / … Leitner: Chemical Mixtures & REACH: A starting point, SETAC GLB Landau 2011 Download image (72.75 kB) Figure 4 Simplified representation of the information …

  • Article from 19.08.2022 | Last changed: 16.11.2022

    Digital Sustainability

    Globe from above at night with illuminated areas with connections drawn between them

    … energy and resource efficiency and process optimisation. The accompanying fundamental edaption of our consumption habits as well as production and … Publications Shaping sustainable digitisation Related contents Digitalisierung und natürliche Ressourcen Preventing corruption for a sustainability transformation … energy and resource efficiency and process optimisation. The accompanying fundamental edaption of our consumption habits as well as production and …